When is Onam 2025: Know Thiruvonam date, timings, and more about this Kerala festival Onam 2025 Thiruvonam Date: This year, Onam festivities will begin on August 26, 2025, and will conclude with Thiruvonam falling on Friday, September 5, 2025. Onam is the national festival of Kerala, celebrated for 10 days in the month of Chingam. It is believed that Mahabali, the mythical king of Kerala, visits his subjects on the day of Thiruvonam after ascending from the netherworld. Onam, Hindu harvest festival that occurs in the Malayali month of Chingam, which overlaps with August and September in the Gregorian calendar. The 10-day harvest festival celebrates the Malayali New Year and is observed predominantly in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Onam is Kerala’s most celebrated cultural and harvest festival, deeply rooted in legend and tradition. Celebrated by Malayalis across the world, it marks the homecoming of King Mahabali, a mythical ruler under whom Kerala was believed to have flourished in peace, prosperity, and equality. Blending Hindu mythology, agrarian customs, folk dances, and grand feasts, Onam is a festival where culture meets community, and tradition meets celebration. Did you know? Onam is one of the few Indian ...
