When a religious festival becomes a social celebration of a secular state rituals may be surpassed by festivities. But changing the stories and perspectives of a festival to fit it into a particular ideology is dangerous. One such #hindufestival is #Onam. This year, so called socializing has gone to the extreme of insulting the worshiping deity. But, Onam is still celebrated in many Hindu homes in its traditional form.
Onam celebration started as a celebration of king's visit to Thrikkakara temple, but that king was never Mahabali.
Now for the story of Mahabali:
Everyone knows the story, and the story is shorted by great secular social minds as Vishnu cheated a kind king.
Fact checks:
Why Vishnu disguised and tested Mahabali?
To know the true personality of a person testing is always done in disguise.
Why punish a kind King?
An egoistic person though kind will be harmful to the society.
Wasn't Vishnu partial to Devadas?
Mahabali was stopped from gaining powers to go war against Devadas. Mahabali wanted to initiate war only because he thought as a Asura it is his duty to fight war against Devadas. So the war was unnecessary and most be stopped at any cost
Why was Mahabali stamped down to pathala?
This is the biggest misunderstanding of the story.
First, Mahabali was blessed and send to suthala not pathala.
Second, Yes Vishnu kept his foot on Vamana's head but that was not to insult him but Mahabali had offered himself as the 3rd foot. Also adding to the point highest form of blessing in Hindu tradition is by feet.
Third, Mahabali is blessed to be the Indra of next manvanthara and Vamana will be protecting him and keeping his gate till then.
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