Wishing Happy Onam - 2008

onam celebrations, pookalam, onam 2008 Wishing a happy and prosperous onam for all readers and keralites around the world. Today is uthadam or the first onam and tomorrow is thiruonam (second onam). Second onam or thiruonam is widely celebrated by keralites. In all parts of kerala people will be preparing pookalams or flower mats in front of their houses to welcome onam and the king mahabali. Now a days people are not making pookalams infront of their houses but creating beside the roads by some group of people. Anyway it is great that people are preparing it and upholding this age old tradition.

For the coming 4 days or the 4 onam kerala will be colorful, vibrant and illuminated than any other days in the year and all the people will be in an enthusiastic mood. People will be enjoying in their own way with friends and families as this happens only once in a year.

Today people will be running around to buy things for the preparation of the unique feast for the thiruonam day. This hanging around of people in the market to buy things is commonly called “uthrada pachil” in kerala. Today i have bought the things for the preparation of feast for the thiruonam day.

Yesterday in kerala government’s onam celebration has been officially inagurated in nishaghandhi open auditorium, kanaka kunnu, trivandrum. The officially sposnsored onam celebration will be there in all major cities of kerala for another 5 days. Every evening there will be cultural and other types of programs will be organised in different venues in trivandrum. Most of the offices and education institutions will be having holidays for atleast 3 days in kerala. So there will be lots of audience for these kind of cultural programs organised by kerala governement. Officially these celebrations are called tourism week celebrations. National and International visitors will be coming to kerala during onam time to watch and experience this unique festival.

I avail this opportunity to Wish you a Happy and Propsperous Onam 2008, thrilling & exciting Onam holidays.

How you are going to celebrate this years onam? Dont forget to share your experience with this blog.

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