GUWAHATI: Amid Covid 19 pandemic, Keralites across the globe is celebrating Thiruvonam today, the biggest cultural festival of the State.
Big celebrations were missing this year as the people largely celebrated Thiruvonam indoors to commemorate the visit of the righteous king King Mahabali to the lands and people he previously ruled.
Thiruonam is the most auspicious day of Onam festival. This annual harvest festival of the State celebrates the visit of mythical and righteous King Mahabali. Onam is being celebrated by all Keralaites irrespective of religion symbolising secularism and harmony.
Onam marks the season of plenty, but this time the Covid pandemic had taken the sheen out of the festivities. As authorities had urged to follow strict guidelines for a safer onam, people at large will be celebrating the festival in their homes.
As large gatherings are prohibited onapookalam, onakalikal, onasadhya, will all be restricted to one’s own home, as safety remains the primary concern. But the spirit of Onam, that instills hope and prosperity, is in its full glory, that hopes to bring a new dawn free of pandemic and a better future.
