Onam Week celebrations to be held on grand scale from Sept 6 to 12

• Chief Minister to inaugurate state-level celebrations on Sept. 6
Trivandrum / July 23, 2022

Thiruvananthapuram, July 23: Kerala Government will be organising the Onam Week celebrations on a grand scale from September 6 to 12.

This was decided at a meeting convened by Tourism Minister Shri PA Mohamed Riyas here today.

Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the state-level celebrations at Nishagandhi open air auditorium in the state capital on September 6 (Pooradam day), said Shri Riyas at the meeting.

In the state capital alone, the events will be held in 30 venues.

This is a major cultural event with tremendous scope to attract tourists to the state, Shri Riyas said.

The week-long celebrations will conclude with a colourful pageantry from Vellayambalam to the East Fort in the city on September 12.

Transport Minister Shri Antony Raju, Food and Civil Supplies Minister Shri GR Anil, Mayor Kumari Arya Rajendran, Shri AA Rahim MP, legislators from the district Shri Kadakampally Surendran, Shri C K Hareendran, Shri K Ansalan, Shri V Joy, District Panchayat President Shri D Suresh Kumar, Tourism Director Shri PB Nooh, District Collector Dr Navjot Khosa and City Police Commissioner Shri G Sparjan Kumar attended the meeting.

A high-level panel with the Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan as the Chief Patron, Speaker Shri MB Rajesh, Deputy Speaker Shri Chittayam Gopakumar, Leader of the Opposition Shri VD Satheesan, General Education Minister Shri V Sivankutty, Civil Supplies Minister Shri GR Anil, Co-operation and Culture Minister Shri VN Vasavan and former Tourism minister Shri Kadakampally Surendran MLA as deputy patrons has been formed for the conduct of the festival.

 

An Executive Committee comprising MPs and MLAs from Thiruvananthapuram district as patrons was also formed. Minister Shri Sivankutty will be the working chairman and Tourism Principal Secretary Shri KS Srinivas, will be the Convener - Chief Co-ordinator and Tourism Director Shri PB Nooh the convener. The Executive Committee will have the Mayor, Deputy Mayor, District Panchayat President, District Collector, the City Police Commissioner and representatives of political parties as members.  

There will also be various committees in charge of Programme, Infrastructure, Media & Publicity, Food Festival, Trade Fair & Exhibition, Sponsorship, Illumination, Security, Procession and Green Protocol were also formed. Besides, there will be sub-committees for various art forms to be presented during the festival. The last date receiving applications from artistes and troupes for participating in the event is August 7.

Each committee will have a chairman, a convenor and a co-ordinator.

An annual feature for long, the conduct of the state-level Onam Celebrations was suspended in 2018 owing to the devastating floods that ravaged the state. In 2020 and 2021, the Covid-19 pandemic came in the way of organising the celebrations physically.

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