Planning to celebrate Onam in Kerala? Here are four places to soak in the spirit of the festival With just a week to go for Onam, Kerala gears up for the season of festivities, food and shopping. The legend of Onam is woven into the warp and weft of Kerala and the celebrations manifest itself in many forms at different places. From the spiritual, the festival has moved to the temporal and it has become a coming-together of Malayalis all over the world. Here are four places to visit in Kerala to enjoy the legend of Onam.