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Thrikkakara all decked up for Onam
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Thrikkakara all decked up for Onam

The Hindu  

The Thrikkakara Vamanamoorthy Temple, believed to be about 2,000 years old, has been decked up for Onam even as the traditional Uthrada Pachil, a frenzy of shopping ahead of Thiruvonam day on September 15, reached a peak. Preparations have already begun for the traditional votive lunch at the temple hall, where around 20,000 people are expected turn up Thiruvonam day. …

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Trivikrama’s gift to Mahabali
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Trivikrama’s gift to Mahabali

The Hindu  

When He descended on earth as Vamana and took viswaroopam as Trivikrama, Bhagawan exemplified a quality of mercy that is unparalleled. Short in stature, but a colossus in tejas, clad like a Brahmachari and carrying the umbrella and the kamandalam, when He arrived at Mahabali’s yagasala, everyone was left dazzled. Vamana’s response is best described by Kamban: “Moovadimann undel arul.” …

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Steely resolve of Mahabali
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Steely resolve of Mahabali

The Hindu  

In His avatars like Matsya and Kurma, Lord Vishnu slayed the rakshasas who were His foes. But in the Vamana avatar, He spared King Mahabali, the grandson of Prahlada, because Lord Narasimha assured Prahlada that He would not kill his progeny. Had the Lord thought, He would have descended as a celibate straightaway, but He chose to be born as …

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Onam 2024 Date: History, Significance, Rituals, and When is Thiruvonam in Kerala?
4 months ago

Onam 2024 Date: History, Significance, Rituals, and When is Thiruvonam in Kerala?

News 18  

The vibrant festival of Onam, also known as Thiru-Onam or Thiruvonam, is celebrated with great enthusiasm in Kerala. Onam begins with Atham and continues with Chithira, Chodi, Vishakham, Anizham, Thriketa, Moolam, Pooradam, Uthradom, and Thiruvonam till the last day. The final day of Onam, i.e., Thiruvonam, carries immense importance as it concludes the festivities, with families preparing and partaking in …

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When Is Onam 2024? Know Thiruvonam Date, History, Timings, Significance
5 months, 1 week ago

When Is Onam 2024? Know Thiruvonam Date, History, Timings, Significance

ABP News  

Onam 2024: Onam is a Hindu festival celebrated by the people of Kerala in the month of Chingam, which is known as Simha month in other solar calendars and Avani month in Tamil Calendar. The celebrations of Onam start on Atham day and continue for 10 days till Thiruvonam day when Asura King Mahabali is believed to have visited every …

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Pawan justifies JSP’s seat-sharing with TDP
10 months, 1 week ago

Pawan justifies JSP’s seat-sharing with TDP

The Hindu  

Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan, in what could be termed as a bitter reply to his critics, explained the reasons behind accepting 24 Assembly constituencies seats as part of the seat-sharing arrangement with its ally, the TDP. Addressing the ‘Jenda’, the first public meeting of the JSP-TDP combine here on Wednesday, Mr. Pawan Kalyan urged party cadres, sympathisers and …

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Why Do We Celebrate Onam: The Story of Legendary King Mahabali's Homecoming
1 year, 4 months ago

Why Do We Celebrate Onam: The Story of Legendary King Mahabali's Homecoming

News 18  

Onam is a harvest festival which celebrates the homecoming of the legendary King Mahabali. The festival celebrates the visit of King Mahabali to the state of Kerala every year. According to folklore, Onam is a festival connected with the return of the mythical demon king Mahabali under whose reign everyone lived in happiness and equality. Legend of King Mahabali According …

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Onam 2023: Devotees offer prayers at Thrikkakkara Vamana Moorthy Temple in Kochi
1 year, 4 months ago

Onam 2023: Devotees offer prayers at Thrikkakkara Vamana Moorthy Temple in Kochi

India TV News  

Onam is a harvest festival, celebrated mainly by Malayalis in Kerala. Meanwhile, as Malayalis all over the world are celebrating Onam on Thiruvonam day, the spirit is equally buoyant at the Thrikkakara Vamana Moorthy Temple. As per ANI reports, talking about the auspicious festival, Ram Moorthy who is a member of the temple committee told ANI, “Kerala’s onam festival is …

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Onam Sadhya 2023: From history to traditions, here's everything you need to know about this grand feast of Onam
1 year, 4 months ago

Onam Sadhya 2023: From history to traditions, here's everything you need to know about this grand feast of Onam

Hindustan Times  

Onam, also known as Thiru-Onam or Thiruvonam, is an auspicious rice festival celebrated in Kerala. Onam Sadhya, a crucial component of the legendary Onam celebration, is more than just a mouthwatering culinary experience; it carries the weight of mythology, ties the community together, and upholds tradition. Sadhya is the name of the feast held on the 10th day of the …

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Onam 2023: Date, history, significance, celebrations and all you need to know about Kerala's harvesting festival
1 year, 4 months ago

Onam 2023: Date, history, significance, celebrations and all you need to know about Kerala's harvesting festival

Hindustan Times  

The auspicious festival of Kerala, Onam, kickstarted on August 20 and will conclude on August 31 this year. The 10-day-long Onam festivities, also known as Thiru-Onam or Thiruvonam, are celebrated with much pomp across the state as people mark the return of King Mahabali/Maveli. Pleased by his sacrifice, Lord Vishnu granted King Mahabali to rule his kingdom till the end …

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COUNTER CULTURE | Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A throbbing rigidity
1 year, 10 months ago

COUNTER CULTURE | Kochi-Muziris Biennale: A throbbing rigidity

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 09, 2023 10:40 IST When you make landfall in Kochi and are ejected off your antiseptic plane, the first thing you will notice, after the sudden burst of licked heat, is a giant, densely plotted mural of Mahabali. Because the biennale was interested, by and large, in a rigidity, a beautiful, sometimes striking and throbbing rigidity, but …

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Mahabali and the pappadam — a speculative flashback
2 years, 4 months ago

Mahabali and the pappadam — a speculative flashback

The Hindu  

This stream-of-consciousness yarn, spun on an impulse, was triggered by a recent news item and video doing the rounds on social media about a fight over pappadams at a feast in Alappuzha, Kerala, with the festive Onam season round the corner. So, as the story goes, there once was this king, Maveli or Mahabali, whose rule was so munificent and …

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When temple-hopping in Kanchipuram redefined my idea of faith
3 years ago

When temple-hopping in Kanchipuram redefined my idea of faith

New Indian Express  

Curious by its simplistic appeal, I ask the driver to accompany me. And he willingly offers to narrate stories from the yore, “One day, king Mahabali was performing his Upanayana, when Lord Vishnu as Vamana approached Mahabali for a grant. The Vamana asked for three-foot of land that he could transverse through; all of the king’s court burst out in …

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Kerala Finance Minister's Tweet on Vamana Irks State BJP
4 years, 4 months ago

Kerala Finance Minister's Tweet on Vamana Irks State BJP

News 18  

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac's description of Vamana as a "cheat" has invited the ire of the BJP with the saffron party demanding an apology from the Marxist leader for "insulting" one of the reincarnations of Lord Vishnu. In his tweet greeting people on Onam on Monday and announcing the floor price for 14 types of vegetables, Isaacsaid, "we celebrate …

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Who is King Mahabali?
4 years, 4 months ago

Who is King Mahabali?

The Hindu  

August 28, 2020 04:20 pm | Updated 04:20 pm IST - Kochi: An attractive strapping young man offers his head to Lord Vishnu. The story and the way each character is presented depends on the teller: Mural artist Sadanandan PK, who painted the legend as part of a larger narrative of Kerala’s art and culture at The Imperial Hotel in …

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