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Fest Festival

Onam-Fest: the remembrance of the Aryan invasion of South India

Bharath Bushan Layman.

 The India-Gate.

Onam-Fest: the remembrance of

the Aryan invasion of  South India.

 

The world-community of Malayalis celebrate Onam during the month of September. Onam has a mythological origin. It is related to a Dravidian Empire and its Emperor Maha Bali.

Before going into the hear-say about the origin of the Onam-Fest, one should come to know about the components and texture of the then Indian society.

Historians define the Indian society as a “unity in diversity”. The word diversity is a very carefully selected one, in order to denote the complex constitution of the population of today’s India.

The population of today’s India is constituted of four races of people. Those races are: (1) The Dravidians, (2) the Aryans, (3) the Aborigins and (4) the Mongolians.  

The forefathers of the Dravidians came to India from the southern-shores of the Mediterranean sea. They entered India around 2400 BC, and settled along and around the banks of River Indus, to set the origin of the “Indus-Valley Civilization”. They lived there until the arrival and invasion of the Aryans around 1700 BC.

The forefathers of the Aryans came to India from central Asia, which is today’s Russia. They invaded the Dravidian settlements all over the Indus-Valley region and settled there after chasing the Dravidians into the south. The Aryans have their own religion, and their own modes of worship. It is not clearly known whether they founded their religion during their stay in the Indus-Valley, or earlier to their entry into India.

The Aryans used the inappropriate word “Hindu” to name their religion. They should have used the word “Aryanism” to name their religion, because it is the exclusive religion of the Aryans.

The Dalits of India, who are today classified as the Scheduled Castes and Tribes, are the successors of the Aborigines who really were the earliest inhabitants of India.

The Mongolian race of people in India are spread all over the North-East states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikhim and Nagaland.

The duration between 1700 BC and 700 BC in India was really a period of “invade, chase, and occupy”. First the Dravidians would come from the “North” and would invade the Aborigines; and after chasing them into the “Outskirts”, they would occupy the heart-lands of the Aborigines.

Then the Aryans would come from the “North” and would invade the Dravidians, and after chasing them into “South”, they would occupy the land vacated by the Dravidians.

The process of “invade, chase and occupy”, continued for over a thousand years since 1700 BC to 700 BC, and by that time the whole of North India came under the occupancy of Aryans.

It was the Aborigines who had to bear the real loss: they lost their ancestral heart-lands held by them since time immemorial. The Aborigines or the Dalits became aliens in their own home-land, denied of all basic humanm-rights.

The Dalits were forced to toil in their own heart-lands for the benefit of the invaders. The Dravidians as well as the Aryans exploited the Aborigines to the maximum possible level, and treated them as beings between human and animal.

In general, North India was under the rule of the Aryan dynasties and South India was under the rule of the Dravidian Emperor Maha Bali.

 

 

Emperor Mahabali & Onam

 

The legend of Emperor Mahabali is the most popular and the most fascinating of all legends behind Onam. Onam celebrates the visit of Emperor Mahabali to the state of Kerala every year. The festival is celebrated with fervour as Emperor Mahabali is greatly respected by his subjects. Emperor Mahabali is also popularly called Maveli and Onathappan.

Reign of Emperor Mahabali

The story goes that the beautiful state of Kerala was once ruled by an Asura (Dravidian) emperor, Mahabali. The Emperor was greatly respected in his empire and was considered to be wise, judicious and extremely generous. It is said that Kerala witnessed its golden era in the reign of Emperor Mahabali. Everybody was happy in the empire, there was no discrimination on the basis of caste or class. Rich and poor were equally treated. There was neither crime, nor corruption. People did not even lock their doors, as there were no thieves in that empire. There was no poverty, sorrow or disease in the reign of Emperor Mahabali and everybody was  happy and content.

Brief Sketch of Emperor Mahabali

It may be noted Mahabali was the son of Veerochana and grandson of Prahlad, the devout son of demon King Hiranyakashyap. Mahabali had a son called Bana, who became a legendary king in his own right and became popular as Banraj in central Assam. Mahabali belonged to the Asura (Dravidian) dynasty but was an ardent worshiper of Lord Vishnu. His bravery and strength of character earned him the title of “Mahabali Chakravathy” or Mahabali – the King of Kings.

Challenge for Gods

Looking at the growing popularity and fame of Emperor Mahabali Gods became extremely concerned and jealous. They felt threatened about their own supremacy and began to think of a strategy to get rid of the dilemma.

To curb the growing reign of Mahabali and maintain their own supremacy, Aditi, the mother of Gods sought the help of Lord Vishnu (the preserver in the Hindu trinity) whom Mahabali worshiped.

It was said Mahabali was very generous and charitable. Whenever anybody approached him for help or requested for anything he always granted. To test the Emperor, Lord Vishnu disguised himself as a dwarf and poor Brahmin called Vamana. He came to the capital of Mahabali, just after Mahabali performed his morning prayers and was preparing to grant boons to Brahmins.

Lord Vishnu takes Vamana Avatar

Disguised as Vamana, Vishnu said he was a poor Brahmin and asked for a piece of land. The generous Emperor said, he could have as much land as he wanted. The Brahmin said that he just wanted as much land as could be covered by his three steps. The King was surprised to hear but agreed.

A learned adviser of the Emperor, Shukracharya sensed that Vamana was not an ordinary person and warned the King against making the promise. But, the generous Emperor replied that it would be a sin for a him to back on his words and asked the Brahmin to take the land. The Emperor could not imagine that the dwarf Brahmin was Lord Vishnu himself.

Just as Emperor Mahabali agreed to grant the land, Vamana began to expand and eventually increased himself to the size of cosmic proportions. With his first step the Brahmin boy covered the whole of earth and with the other step he covered the whole of the skies. He then asked Emperor Mahabali where is the space for him to put his third foot.

The Emperor realized that he was no ordinary Brahmin and his third step will destroy the earth. Mahabali with folded hands bowed before Vamana and asked him to place his last step on his head so that he could keep the promise. The Brahmin placed his foot on the head of the Emperor, which pushed him to patala, the nether world. There the Emperor requested the Brahmin to reveal his true identity. Lord Vishnu then appeared before the King in his person. The Lord told the Emperor that he came to test him and the Emperor won the test. Emperor Mahabali was pleased to see his lord. Lord Vishnu also granted a boon to the Emperor.

Emperor Mahabali Requests for a Visit to Kerala

The Emperor was so much attached with his empire and people that he requested that he be allowed to visit Kerala once in a year. Lord Vishnu was moved by the Emperor’s nobility and was pleased to grant the wish. He also blessed the emperor and said even after losing all his worldly possessions, the emperor would always be loved by Lord Vishnu and his people.

Genesis of Onam

It is the day of the visit of Emperor Mahabali to Kerala that is celebrated as Onam every year. The festival is celebrated as a tribute to the sacrifice of Emperor Mahabali. Every year people make elaborate preparations to welcome their emperor whom they affectionately call Onathappan. They wish to please the spirit of their emperor by depicting that his people are happy and wish him well. The second day, Thiruvonam is the biggest and the most important day of this festival. It is believed that Emperor Mahabali visits his people on the second day.

Onam celebrations are marked in Trikkakara, a place 10 km from Kochi (Cochin) on the Edapally- Pookattupadi road. Trikkara is said to be the capital of the mighty Emperor Mahabali. A temple with a deity of ‘Trikkakara Appan’ or ‘Vamanamurthy’ who is Lord Vishnu himself in disguise is also located at this place. Nowhere else in Kerala can one find a deity of ‘Vamanamurthy’. This fascinating legend is artistically depicted at the Suchindram Temple in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.

The above details help us to learn about the extension of the Aryan dynasties into South India. As the existing Aryan dynasties couldn’t beat Emperor Maha Bali, they sought  help from Lord Vishnu and defeated him and annexed the Empire to the North Indian Aryan Empire

 

The population of Maha Bali’s Empire was constituted of the Dravidian and the Aboriginal races. The influx of the Aryan dynasties into South India had caused radical changes to the very structure of the South Indian society.

 

The land areas occupied by the Dravidian and Aboriginal races of people were taken back and assigned to Aryan feudal lords; and the people were forced to toil for the benefit of the invaders.

 

The boon given to Maha Bali was the permission to visit his people who belonged to the Dravidian and Aboriginal races of people. In that sense, the Onam Festival should have been exclusively  a Dravidian Festival.

 

But the modern-government run by the Aryans  had transformed Onam into a festival to uphold the glory of the Vamanamurthy who had ousted Emperor Maha Bali. The most important part of the Onam Festival is conducted in the Vamanamurthy temple at Thrikkakkara in Cochin.

 

In fact, today the Onam Festival is celebrated not by the Dravidian community, but by the Aryan community as a thanks-giving ceremony to glorify the defeat of Emperor Maha Bali by the Vamanamurthy. Here the grotesque reality is that the Dravidian and Aboriginal communities also join hands with the Aryans who are really renewing the remembrance of the Aryan invasion of South India; and they are doing it just due to their ignorance about the historical facts.

About the Author

Bharath Bushan Layman is a senior citizen living in Cochin. He spends his time by blogging on various web-sites. He specializes on issues related to Asian terrorism. His blogg “Terrorism: the warfare of the Cannibals” appears in the Culture & Society catagory of
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