Kerala 11 - Onam - Festival Of Flowers - Pookalam Poem by Geeta Radhakrishna Menon

Kerala 11 - Onam - Festival Of Flowers - Pookalam

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Buzzing with festivities,
Brimming with flowers,
Bouncing with joy,
Bountiful display of colours!

It's Onam!
Ten days long festival!
To venerate Gods and nature,
To celebrate life and beauty!

Flowers everywhere,
Flowers dancing with joy,
Flowers in every house,
Flowers in elegant floral designs - Pookalam!

Keralites welcome King Mahabali
With style and grandeur,
With profusion of spectacular flowers,
And a grand feast in banana leaf!

While you live, live with happiness,
With generosity and plentitude,
Together with all creations of nature,
Together with love and kindness.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Onam is the biggest festival in Kerala extending for 10 days. All schools are closed. 'Pookalam' means floral designs or floral carpets. People in Kerala celebrate Onam in grand style with good food, pretty flowers, dance, music and plenty of fun.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Sylvia Frances Chan 08 September 2022

I have truly enjioyed tremendously. Wishing you HAPPY ONAM.

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Bharati Nayak 08 September 2022

What a marvelous poem depicting the joy and festivities of Onam

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Rajnish Manga 08 September 2022

The poem truly defines the spirit of the Onam festival. It celebrates life with bounties of nature 🌿 in spiritual bliss. Thanks, Geeta ji. Happy Onam.

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N N P Parameswaran Nasarudheen 08 September 2022

Plain expression of lovely Onam Festival.

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UNNIKRISHNAN Sivasankara Menon 09 September 2022

A great feeling of nostalgia. Flowers everywhere. In the childhood, the cultivation of flowers was not rampant and we never had shops selling flowers. For all the pookkalams on all the ten days, we had to hunt flowers in our yards and outers

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Renuka Dhabadgaonkar 19 September 2022

This peom so perfectly embodies the beautiful spirit of Onam. Wonderfully written👏🙏

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Vrinda 13 September 2022

Lovely Onam poem.

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Praveen Menon 11 September 2022

As always so beautifully penned.... Loved the poem as much as Onam

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Anjandev Roy 09 September 2022

Simply beautiful.....thank u, dear poetess....

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SHRUTHI MENON 09 September 2022

Beautiful

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