Happy and safe onam to all✨ Onam festival is celebrated to commemorate King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam 🌺♥️🌸 Prahlada's grandson, Mahabali, came to power by defeating the gods (devas) and taking over the three worlds. The defeated Devas approached Vishnu for help in their battle with Mahabali. Vishnu refused to join the gods in violence against Mahabali because Mahabali was a good ruler and his own devotee. Mahabali, after his victory over the gods, declared that he would perform a Yajna and grant anyone any request during the Yajna. Vishnu took the avatar– his fifth of a dwarf monk called Vamana and approached Mahabali. The king offered anything to the boy – gold, cows, elephants, villages, food, whatever he wished. The boy said that one must not seek more than one needs, and all he needed was "three paces of land." Mahabali agreed.
