The main Onam festival will be celebrated over three days from August 21-23. Onam celebrates the homecoming of the legendary King Mahabali. While it is held over 10 days, the main festival will be ...

When Lord Mahavishnu took the Vamana avatara and asked Mahabali for land as daana, Mahabali’s guru Sukracharya saw through the Lord’s disguise. The Lord wanted land to be measured with three ...

Mahabali, the king who was sent to the netherworld by Lord Narayana, was a rare person, one who can be called a mahatma, said B. Sundar Kumar. He may be called a mahatma for many reasons.

As Kerala is getting ready to celebrate Onam — the national festival of the State — the legend of Mahabali based on whom the festival is centred has collapsed like a pack of cards thanks to ...

According to legend, the festival is dedicated to King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam. Onam is a harvest festival and is celebrated with bliss and eagerness by ...

The myth related to the harvest festival of Onam is centred around asura king Mahabali. When devas in heaven became insecure seeing his popularity, they requested Vishnu to destroy him.

Mahabali is an inevitable part of the Onam celebrations and so is Jijimon. Onam celebrations in the city would have been incomplete without Jijimon, an auto driver fromKallara in Kottayam district ...

King Mahabali is a unifying force, bringing diverse people from the community together. In Nelson, Blint Varghese has the honour of transforming into the legendary king for Onam.BRADEN FASTIER ...