Significance of Onam Festival

Onam is a celebration of love, friendship and oneness. It emphasises the relationships between human beings and Nature, between human beings and God, and between human beings themselves. As a part of that, it also invokes the relationships between rulers and the ruled, between neighbours, and between family members. Hence, Onam is a festival that brings people together and strengthens all human bonds.

The qualities of good and evil, of deva and asura, are within each one of us. If, like Mahabali, we are able to awaken divine qualities within, then the path to immortality will be thrown open to us.

Mahabali ( A righteous King)  is a representative of an illustrious culture built on the foundation of values such as truth, righteousness, charity and devotion.

Onam is not a celebration that should happen just one day a year. Let us make our entire lives an Onam. With the flowers of love and compassion, let us make a beautiful pookkalam in our heart.
- Amma