Most Onam guides describe a banana leaf. This one is about the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For ten days each Chingam, a handful of Kerala towns hand their roads over to the festival completely \u2014 tuskers on tarmac, men painted as tigers, masked spirits going door to door, a feast that seats two lakh people. Everywhere else in Kerala, Onam happens indoors, in courtyards and dining rooms. In these eight places, it happens in public, and anyone can watch. We’ve built this guide for travellers who want to see<\/em> Onam, not just eat it, with the dates, the exact grounds, the arrival times and the traffic cut-offs. It’s also, quietly, the busiest week of the year for our Kerala homestays \u2014 so book early if you’re coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n TL;DR:<\/strong>\u00a0Onam 2026 runs from Atham on Sunday, 16 August to Thiruvonam on Wednesday, 26 August, with Kerala’s public holidays falling 25\u201328 August (Drik Panchang<\/a>). The eight places where the festival is genuinely public are Tripunithura, Thrikkakara, Thrissur, Kizhakkumpattukara, Aranmula, Thiruvananthapuram, Cheruthuruthy and Pallassana.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In this Blog<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n\n