Patala is a
dark region beneath the earth.
Mahabali's subjects were grieved. They prayed to God,
"Oh God, please let us have our good king back."
God said, "All right, he shall come back to you once in a year."
So once in a year Mahabali comes to the Earth.
It is on Onam day.
The day falls in August-September.
People celebrate the day as a festival. They wear new clothes, worship God, feast and run
boat-races.
It is popular in Kerala in the west coast of India. |
