Visakhapatnam: The colourful spirit of Kerala’s Onam pageant got here alive in Visakhapatnam as over 2,000 Malayalees gathered on the Kerala Kala Samithi on Sunday. The venue reworked right into a slice of Kerala, that includes conventional flower carpets, a tasty Onam sadya, and cultural performances. The celebrations started with colourful pookkalam, intricate floral designs typical of Onam. Households wearing conventional apparel participated enthusiastically in numerous cultural actions, together with tug of warfare and uriyadi, with the spotlight being the Onam sadya—a lavish feast of 26 dishes served on plantain leaves. Dignitaries corresponding to Kerala MLA Pramod Narayan and Visakhapatnam North MLA P Vishnu Kumar Raju attended the occasion.