On the auspicious day of 14th September 2016 the festival of Onam was celebrated with great fanfare and joy at Podar World School, Sherkhi. The festival of Onam was celebrated at the lush green school ground beginning with the beautiful traditional dance of Thiruvathirakali. The dance was performed by making a circle around the lamp with simple yet elegant steps by the teachers of Podar which created an atmosphere of harmony and festivity.
After the beautiful dance, the teachers and the students were retold for the celebration of such a famous and cultural tradition by sharing important religious knowledge about the festival by Ms. Kalpana Unnikrishnan. She apprised that Onam is a harvest festival for the people of Kerala which is celebrated to commemorate the Vaman-avatar of Lord Vishnu. The festival is celebrated for ten days with great enthusiasm by the people of Kerala every year. She also made everyone present at the ground to revisit the legendary story of the mythical king Mahabali and elaborated how king Mahabali was tested by Lord Vishnu in disguise.
This was an effort to create awareness about the culture of different states for which they also have a lesson in EVS in Class 3.
