Friday, September 09, 2011: Keralites today celebrated the harvest festival ‘Onam’ with traditional gaiety marked by sumptuous feasts and cultural and folk art performances. Cutting across class, caste and creed barriers, people joined together to celebrate ‘Thiruvonam’ in the memory of the mythical King Mahabali. All temples in Kerala witnessed heavy rush of devotees since early morning, while the elders presented ‘Onakkodi’ (new clothes) to the family members.
