Onam festival in Kerala

Thiru Onam is celebrated in the second half of August (the Chingam month of the malayalam calendar ) when the monsoon rains come to an end and the autumn season in kerala begins . Social anthropologists see Onam as a great fertility rite, the ceremony of Thanksgiving for a plentiful harvest.
For Keralites Onam is the celebration of the return of Mahabali, their once beloved king.
Onam is celebrated over 10 days.

Floral carpet (pookalam) which are made by most people in kerala during the onam days.
Atham
Chithira
Chodhi
Visakam
Anizham
Thriketa
Moolam
Pooradam
Uthradam
Thiruvonam