Talk:Onam

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This article has been mentioned by a media organization: "Online slugfest over Onam's 'religiousness' triggered by Wikipedia page edits". Times Now. August 16, 2021. Retrieved August 16, 2021. Some users updated the Wiki page's content to label Onam as a Hindu festival. This attracted the attention of few others who rebuffed the attempts to link Onam to Hinduism and asserted that it is a secular festival.

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No one in Kerala celebrates Vamana, they celebrate Mahabali. The reversal of that fact at the very beginning of the Wikipedia article is a blatant Hindutva attempt to interfere in Kerala society, because North Indian Hindutva fundamentalists cannot accept that in Kerala an Asura-king is loved, and Vamana (Vishnu) is despised as a deceiver, and furthermore, as the folk song Maveli nadu Vaneedum Kalam says, when Maveli (Mahabali) was King, all people were equal and no child when hungry. What does that say about the times *after* Maveli's rule? 71.121.253.2 (talk) 13:01, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 14:10, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I find that recent comments by few religious leaders, which kerala as a whole took it as communal and non secular , should not be given weightage in Wikipedia here. so i find it is non sense to add all those jargons in the article.

You can find the artcile here: https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/160919/to-celebrate-or-not-to-celebrate.html

another one : https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/muslim-man-celebrates-onam-kerala-payasam-fest-340645-2016-09-12

"There is no legal text compatible to this produced even after five centuries from the region, but some preachers with the influence of Arab cultural Islam and its wide influence in the various realm create commotions through unexpected comments against Onam celebrations of Muslim communities. The idea of branding of other cultures as un-Islamic was introduced as part of ‘reform’, but now it silently lingers even the tongue of traditionalists."

These are comments passed by one or two islamic preachers and never to be considered the view point of all Muslims of Kerala. They have rejected these as seen from the artcile.

The religious organization of muslims in kerala , which represent 95% of muslims in kerala are : Sunni organizations (AP or EK).

These organizations never said 'officially' any comment on onam. Usually it is through fatwa muslims organizations declare their views.

Mere communal comments of some communal leaders cannot be considered as a mass view and never to be the part of wikipedia or its articles.

Also found the separate artcle 'onam and Muslims' nonsense

Fsrvb (talk) 19:36, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Over the time i can see that article has been modified keeping the same source intact. In the first sentence source where 'Onam (IPA: [oːɳɐm]) is an annual harvest and cultural festival related to Hinduism that is celebrated mostly by the people of Kerala' it says (https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/mahabali-comes-calling/article6383238.ece) :

" Despite it traditionally being a regional Hindu festival, Onam today has come to be a cultural one, one that is embraced by people of other faiths and communities. "

So should be added back and highlighted.

Fsrvb (talk) 19:41, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]