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Onam is celebrated in a grand scale in Kerala and generally it is known as
a harvest festival just like Thai Pongal in Tamil Nadu. Rather, it is one of
the very important festival for the people of Kerala. All community people
join in the Onam celebrations.

They call it as 10 day festival having so many functions and customs
for all the 10 days. While the first day is called Atham and the final day or
the tenth day is known as Thiru Onam. Varieties of food are prepared
and different types of programme like dance, sports etc are conducted
during this period.

Balasubramanian
Ambattur