coimbatore onam has always been a day of grand celebration for the people of the city as it borders kerala this year too from educational institutions to malayali associations the festival was celebrated with ardourvijay kumar krishnan a 37yearold businessman from nggo colony celebrated onam with his friends and family at home we started the day with laying flower design at our houses entrance we then went to a temple and offered prayers and then indulged in the preparation of sadhya said vijay we had 15 of our friends come home for lunch we did not prepare a grand lunch but had more than eight dishes all of us helped mother with the preparations and it was fun to be with friends and family he told toithe malayali samaj organised an evening of music and dance at the cms matriculation higher secondary school at ganapathy renowned singer unni menon sang malayalam songs and then we had some dance performances said the president of cms k rajagopalan many educational institutions also celebrated onam last week at kalaignar karunanidhi college students from kerala wore traditional attire and decorated the campus with pookolam and danced to folk songs the college also screened a video that reflected the culture of keralaat sri krishna institutions various cultural activities games dances and pookolam were organised as part of the celebration at the end of the programme students created awareness about road safety to the gathering and also took an oath to follow the safety rules and regulations and to wear helmets a spokesperson from sri krishna institutions saidthe students of national model school celebrated the event with an attractive floral decoration group songs speech and skit pulikali tiger dance and vadamvali tug of war added zest to the celebration