The Onam celebrations jointly organised by the State Tourism department and the District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC) began here on Tuesday. Programmes will be held at six venues across the district until September 10.
V.K. Sreekandan, MP, inaugurated the festivities at a function held at Prasannalakshmi Auditorium. The inaugural programme initially planned at the Rapadi Open Air Theatre was shifted to Prasannalakshi due to rain.
District Collector Mrunmai Joshi presided over the function. Artistes Kalamandalam Sivan Namboothiri and Ramachandra Pulavar, writer Mundoor Sethumadhavan, Assistant Collector D. Ranjit, deputy collector Anil Kumar, DTPC secretary S.V. Silbert Jose, and District Public Library secretary T.R. Ajayan spoke.
