Is Onam is Hindu Festival or Christian Festival ? is Onam celebrated in memory of the king Mahabali or Vamana Jayanti ?
Regional bigots, Marxists & pseudo atheist anti-Hindu haters from a region declared that Onam is not Vamana Jayanti.
But they are wrong. Onam is indeed Hindu Festival and Vama Jayanti.
He wrote a book about Kerala based on his ethnographic study.
In his book, he reproduced the stories of Onam he heard from local people.
Because of this reason, the mode of celebration of the Onam festival has diversified over centuries among various castes and communities who celebrated the festival in different ways.
On the same Onam day, Vamana Dwadashi or Vamana Jayanti is celebrated across several regions of India.
There have also been regional variations and some community still prefer Shravana Ekadashi
NOBODY, absolutely NOBODY, dressed like Jesus or any Christian saint in those days in Kerala.
Even local Christians of Kerala dressed like Brahmins.
Here is a painting of a local Christian couple of 19th century
The Christian man wears Choti and dhoti like Brahmins.
That is NOT "Bali iconography" & that figure is NOT "Bali figure".
In the artistic convention of early Trivikrama sculptures such as those from Mathura & Badami, Trivikrama DOES NOT trample Bali. He stamps Rahu.
You seem to be absolutely clueless about conventions of early Indian art.

With his Uttariya and Choti, he looks very much like a member of the "Choti and thread" club :)))

Uncle posts a painting of Vamana trampling Bali who is shown wearing a crown on his head & getting buried in the ground
How does one expect to SEE choti on the head when the head is COVERED by the crown?
If you WANT to SEE Choti on Bali's head, you have to consider a painting that DOES NOT HIDE Bali's head with a crown.
Here is a painting of Vamana and Bali without a crown from Bilaspur (c. 1700 CE).
One can CLEARLY see Choti on Bali's head

Bali is shown as Yajamana seated with wife Vindhyavali. He pours water in Vamana's hand confirming the gift.
Bali is CLEARLY shown with a Choti, Tilak, and Janeu
Bali is CLEARLY shown with a Yajnopavita (Janeu).
Again, he is consistently a member of the Choti and thread club in depictions across India

Bali is shown pouring water and confirming his gift. His wife Vindhyavali stands beside him.
Again, one can CLEARLY see Bali's Choti, Yajnopavita, and Tilaka
britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…

Vamana is shown placing his foot on Bali.
One can CLEARLY see the Choti on Bali's head and tilak on his forehead
But here is my question.
Can Menon uncle show us a SINGLE painting of a Bali before 20th century which depicts Bali like this?
It is my challenge. If he shows even one, I will concede his point

Just that he was a little Indianised by keeping the mustache, removing beard and darkening the skin

Here, CM Arbind Kejriwal is right.
Sources : True Indology @tiinexile

This tweet created a lot of burn for all sorts of regional bigots, Marxists & pseudo atheist anti Hindu haters from a region.
— True Indology (@TIinExile) August 30, 2020
They all declared that Onam is not Vamana Jayanti. But they are wrong.
For once in his life, Kejriwal is right.
Onam is indeed Vama Jayanti. Thread(1) https://t.co/e3qlsYB9Y0
Menon uncle,
— True Indology (@TIinExile) August 31, 2020
If you are talking about me, please at least have the decency to tag me.
What is the terror? I won't bite. What is hilarious is your complete ignorance. Thread https://t.co/cqLgJyAcgu
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— True Indology (@TIinExile) September 1, 2020
He plagiarized much earlier Onapattu songs such as the one found in Gundert Collection to write his own
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Stop ur divisive FAKERY against most harmonious religion.
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Ur ideology Communism responsible for Genocide of ~160 Million.
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