Buoyed by the success of organic vegetable farming, the CPM Ernakulam District Committee is launching an initiative to adorn floral carpets with organically grown flowers this Onam season.

Here, flowers are being cultivated on 2 acres with an eye on the Onam market. Onam is synonymous with elaborate pookkalams (flower carpets) arranged in homes, schools and colleges, offices ...

Come Onam, many homes in the district will have flowers from a few local floriculturists. Enthusiastic as they looked, farmers such as Sikandar Babu from Edayur, near Valancherry, and Ameer ...

Onam is a vibrant and joyous festival celebrated ... People decorate their homes with beautiful flower carpets called Pookalam and prepare a grand feast called Onasadya. Pookalam consists of ...

On Tuesday, the day of Thiruvonam, the 10th day of the countdown to Onam - UAE residents celebrated by putting colourful pookalam (flower carpet) and taking time off work to make home-made sadhyas.

Vendors expect a brisk business, with Vinayaka Chaturthi and Onam arriving. Flowers primarily arrive from Dindigul, Rayakottai, Nilakottai, Aruppukottai, Madurai and Thovalai in Tamil Nadu ...

12 (ANI): Just two days ahead of Kerala's biggest festival, Onam, the markets can be seen abuzz with people, especially the flower market in Coimbatore, gearing up for the final celebrations of ...