. . "Mahabali (IAST: Mah\u0101bal\u012B, Devanagari: \u092E\u0939\u093E\u092C\u0932\u0940, Malayalam: \u0D2E\u0D3E\u0D35\u0D47\u0D32\u0D3F, \u0D2E\u0D39\u0D3E\u0D2C\u0D32\u0D3F) is also known as Bali or M\u0101veli or \"Vairochana\" was a benevolent Asura King, and the grandson of Prahlada in Indian scriptures. The festival of Onam is celebrated in Kerala to mark his yearly homecoming after being sent down to the underworld Sutala by Vamana, a dwarf and the fifth incarnation avatar of Vishnu. The government of Kerala declared Onam as the \u2018State Festival\u2019 of Kerala in 1960."@en . . .