Cleansed by the seasonal showers of the summer monsoons and attired in the landscape of lush green foliage, as Kerala gets ready to welcome King Bali with a garland of fresh-sprung flowers, Amrita TV lays out a floral carpet of programmes from August 20-27, as a warm- up to the main festivities of Onam.
Just as the delicate white Thumbapoo marks the arrival of Chingam, Kavikal Kavithakal begins each day’s celebrations with splendid eulogies in verse and rhyme to the spirit and grandeur of Onam by eminent bards of Malayalam at 7.30 am. Reminiscent of the Sankhupushpam whose praises have been sung from ancient times, Kalashetrangal tours our magnificent temples, well-springs of art and culture to pay homage to our illustrious legacy at 8.30 am. Bringing to mind the irresistible beauty of the rose-petaled Thamara, Laasyam unfolds into a compilation of Mohiniyattom performances at 9.00am, in which young danseuses carry out with sensuous grace, the temple dance of the temptress.
Akathalathile Ona Kazhchakal at 12 noon surprises political bigwigs of Kerala at their hearths, in the bosom of their families as Ramesh Chennithala, Thiruvanchuiyoor Ramakrishnan share their festival moments from their personal lives; Anoop Jacob basks in the thrill of his first ministerial festival since assuming office and Premachandran hops back through a blur of memories to fiercely fought pookalam competitions and Thiruvonam feast with his father, the only day of the year the taciturn father allowed his children to lunch with him.
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