Onam holidays for colleges from August 25 to September 3

Students of St Aloysius College, Elthuruth. File Photo: Prasad Ramachandran

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has announced onam holidays for educational institutions under Higher Education Department including professional colleges.

The holidays will commence from August 25 to September 3.

Kerala's Onam celebration has already started from Atham on August 20.

Onam, cultural festival of Kerala is also known as a harvest festival. As per the Hindu Mythology, Onam marks the home coming of King Mahabali. 

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.