Maveli

(मावेली)

Literal Meaning

Kerala's name for Mahabali

The Malayalam form of the name Mahabali.

The name by which Kerala remembers King Mahabali. Onam welcomes him, as the tradition holds that he returns once a year to see his people.

Vamana's three paces and King Bali's kept promise as the Bhagavata Purana tells it, and how Kerala's Onam tradition tells Mahabali's yearly return.