Major Onam celebrations are set to take place across the state on Wednesday, with district- and state-level inaugurations, cultural programmes, and music events. From Thirunakkara in Kottayam to Nishagandhi at Kanakakunnu in Thiruvananthapuram and Indira Priyadarshini Children’s Park in Ernakulam, venues will come alive with Onam festivities featuring a wide range of artists.

Kottayam

• Kerala Lalithakala Akademi DC Kizhakemuri Idam Art Gallery: Thomas Antony Memorial – caricature and cartoon exhibition – 10.00 am
• CMS College ground: Friendly cricket match – 10.00 am
• KPS Menon Hall: Exhibition-cum-sale of handloom clothes and handicrafts – 10.00 am
• Nagampadam ground: Onam Fest – 11.00 am
• YMCA Hall: Floral carpet (Athappookkalam) competition – 3.00 pm
• Darshana Cultural Centre: Senior citizens’ Onam celebration and cultural evening – 3.00 pm
• Thirunakkara ground: District-level Onam celebrations inaugurated by Minister V N Vasavan. Chief Whip N Jayaraj and singer Jassie Gift’s music programme – 6.00 pm

Thiruvananthapuram

• Kanakakunnu Nishagandhi: State-level inauguration of Tourism Department’s Onam Week celebrations by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Ministers P A Mohammed Riyas, V Sivankutty, G R Anil, Opposition Leader V D Satheesan, actor Ravi Mohan and filmmaker Basil Joseph will attend – 6.00 pm
• Muscat Hotel Symphony Hall: Launch of a music video prepared by M G Sreekumar for the Waste-Free Nava Kerala Campaign, by Minister M B Rajesh – 3.00 pm
• Secretariat Durbar Hall: Assumption of office by the Senior Citizens’ Commission, Minister R Bindu – 11.00 am
• Press Club: Keraleyam – V K Madhavankutty Award presentation by High Court Judge Justice P V Kunhikrishnan – 4.00 pm
• Poojappura Yuvajana Samajam Library: Onam Memories Poetry Meet – 2.30 pm, Punyam Charitable Society Onam Celebration – 3.30 pm
• Poojappura Chengalloor Mahadeva Temple: Offering of golden thazhikakkudam (ornamental crown for temple mast) – 10.00 am
• AKG Centre: Liberate Festival by Chinta Publishers – 10.00 am
• Kawdiar: Organic Bazaar exhibition by Thanal, as part of Kulathupuzha Adivasi Development Project – 10.00 am
• Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan courtyard: Onam Khadi Fair – 10.00 am
• Palayam LMS Fair Ground: State-level handloom cloth exhibition and sale – 10.00 am
• YMCA Hall: Rang Mahal textile fair – 10.00 am

Ernakulam

• Marine Drive ground: Handicraft exhibition and sale organised by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs – 10.00 am
• Ernakulam TDM Hall: Onam sale organised by Ernakulam Karayogam – 10.30 am
• Ernakulathappan ground: Antilia Maldives Fest and Onam Trade Fair – 11.00 am
• Thevara St Joseph’s Church parking ground: Onam market by Thevara Urban Cooperative Society – 11.00 am
• Kaloor Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium premises: Gaddika traditional art festival, product exhibition and sale – 11.00 am; seminar on Scheduled Tribes and Legal Protection – 3.00 pm; cultural meet – 5.00 pm; folk art performances (Paniya dance, Koraga dance, Sododami, Kanjur folk songs) – 6.00 pm
• Vyttila Hotel Anugraha: Onam celebrations by Prakruthi Service Society – 5.00 pm
• Durbar Hall ground: Onam celebrations Lavanayam by District Administration and DTPC – classical dance (Kalady Sanskrit University) – 6.00 pm, Sufi Mehfil (Anita Sheikh) – 7.00 pm
• Indira Priyadarshini Children’s Park, Ernakulam: DTPC Onam celebrations with musical programme (Voice of Red Star), storytelling (Marayamutttam Johny) – 6.00 pm; musical fountain inauguration by Mayor M Anil Kumar – 7.00 pm
• Veli ground, Fort Kochi: DTPC Onam celebrations with folk songs by Praseetha Chalakudy – 7.00 pm