ONAM Story
ONAM is the Story of Mahabali and Vamana Avatar.
King Mahabali’s father was “Veerochana” and his grandfather was “Prahlad”, who was born to a demon “Hiranyakashyap”.
Who was king Mahabali
King Mahabali was an Asura emperor who used to rule Kerala in ancient times and was the public’s favorite.
In his monarchy, people were happy and contended. Equality flourished in Kerala and financial and racial discrimination vanished completely.
Envy of Gods Mahabali’s increasing fame and popularity, Gods got furious and envious.
God supremacy was at stake, and they started thinking about the strategy to overpower Mahabali.
Mahabali was very kind and charitable. Anyone who asked him for help or anything was always helped out and granted
One day Lord Vishnu masked himself as a needy dwarf brahmin named Vamana.
Camouflaged as Vamana, the Lord Vishnu pretended to be a pitiable Brahmin and requested for some portion of land from Mahabali.
The Brahmin demanded the only piece of the land that would be covered in Brahmin’s three footsteps.
Shukracharya, felt that the Brahmin was not a normal being and cautioned the King to break the promise
Mahabli considered backing from the words sin and asked the poor dwarf to point out the land he wanted
Mahabali was not aware of the fact that the dwarf Brahmin was no other than the Lord Vishnu himself.
Vamana expanded his body to gain the size of galactic proportions
Entire earth in the first step, skies in the second step, and then inquired the Emperor where to step up next.
The Mahablai with folded his hands, bowed his head before him and asked him to put the third foot on his head.
The Brahmin stepped on Emperor’s head, which thrusted him underworld (
Patala
).
Vishnu uncovered himself before Mahabali.
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The kind ruler was extremely attached to his empire and his people, so he requested to be permitted to come to his empire once every year.
Lord Vishnu was greatly moved by the king’s nobility and granted the wish happily.
Lord Vishnu blessed him and said he would be immortal in the hearts of Lord Vishnu as well as the people of his own kingdom.