Organic cotton dhoties | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement From a 21-dish onasadya with avial(vegetables made with coconut and milk), olan (ash gourd with beans in a thick coconut milk gravy), kichadi (gourd in yoghurt curry), pachadi (pineapple or bitter gourd in yoghurt) and five varieties of lip smacking payasams to Onam combo pack of delicious … Read more
Rollout of rover of ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 from the lander to the lunar surface, as observed by Lander Imager Camera. File. | Photo Credit: PTI India protests China’s map claiming Indian territory, MEA says it ‘complicates’ border resolution India has lodged a “strong protest” with China over the publication of a new map that was released … Read more
Watch | How to serve Onam sadya Piping hot sambar, ada pradhaman, pachadi, avial, payasam – these are just some of the delicacies that make up the traditional grand feast known as Sadya in Kerala. During Onam in August, it’s not just Keralites who make a beeline for restaurants to savour the sadya. Some guests, … Read more
Special trains are to be operated between Secunderabad-Kollam, SMVT Bengaluru-Mangaluru Central, and Kacheguda-Kollam to cater to the extra rush of traffic in view of the Onam festival. The Secunderabad-Kollam special train (train no. 07121) will leave Secunderabad at 4.35 p.m. on Sunday (August 27) to reach Kollam at 11.20 p.m. the next day. The Kollam-Secunderabad … Read more
From Seamstress’ kitsch collection that is a bright dash of colour | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The default Onam palette is white and gold, with the odd dash of colour either woven in, printed or added as surface embellishment. A few Kerala-based designers have added a dash of whimsy to their collections this Onam, marrying … Read more
Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham The Onam celebrations of Vallachira—‘Vallachira Panchayath Onagosham’— is set to go global. A Responsible Tourism Company, The Blue Yonder, along with Kerala Tourism is pivoting the festivities of the village, 15 kms from Thrissur, as a showcase for travellers. A pre Onam festival held in July 2023, had 25 vloggers and industry stakeholders … Read more
Balaramapuram, about 20 km from the Kerala capital of Thiruvananthapuram, is known for its off-white handloom saris with golden borders. This Onam though, it is not the cloth alone that is making Balaramapuram proud. Just out of Balaramapuram, at Nellivila, is a nondescript gate behind which shines a crop of yellow and orange marigolds interspersed … Read more
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A screenshot of the Onam ad | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It is the reign of Onam commercials till the mythological exiled King Mahabali, whose annual visit to Kerala is celebrated as Onam, departs. Of the lot Onasadyakku ready aano? (Are you ready for Onasadya), a campaign by food delivery platform, Swiggy, has gone viral, … Read more
Nothing prepares me for the cheery sight that awaits me in one part of Varapuzha. It is just after 9.30am on a muggy day; I hear the murmur of women before I see them. Lakshmi Murali emerges from behind a gap in a compound wall and calls me over. All I see is a plot … Read more
The arrival of harvest also coincides with the Onam festival in the state of Kerala further secularising the festival for all the communities. Onam 2021: Onam festivities begin worldwide through virtual mode! The 10-day long Onam festival which celebrates the return of King Mahabali and the onset of the harvest season across the Kerala state … Read more