Onam….A riot of colours!

[ad_1] Photography: M.V. Pranjal “Onam”.....Just an utterance of the name is enough to bring innumerable picturesque images chasing each other in our mind’s eye... One of the most secular festivals of India, Onam is celebrated during Chingam, the first month of the Malayalam Calendar by the Malayali community across the globe. It marks the harvest season and is observed by people cutting across religious lines. A festivity lasting ten days, Pookalam(floral rangoli), the famed Vallamkali (snake-boat races), mouth-watering traditional delicacies, Pulikkali (literally, play of the tigers, is a folk dance form that depicts tiger hunting, especially performed to entertain people […]