Men dressed to play Puli Kali in the Atham procession

Men dressed to play Puli Kali in the Atham procession held in the old royal town of Thrippunithura during festivities marking the start of the annual harvest festival of ‘Onam’ in Kochi on August 19, 2015. The ten-day-long Hindu festival is celebrated annually in India’s southern coastal state of Kerala to commemorate the return of King Mahabali to his beloved subjects.