MAHABALI/ONAM
Was Mahabali a King of Kerala? No... Mahabali has nothing to do with Kerala. Bali held his Ashwamedha Yagna on the auspicious grounds of the Bhriguchchchcha, by the banks of the sacred river Narmada. It is said that Bhriguchchcha is in the Rann of Kutch mainly because all the Shubh signs to hold a Yagna is there. Though the rivers there on the surface are salty now... the Indian army found a mighty underground river... the waters which are sweet. The army has since been pumping out litres of water every year for its own use. https://www.google.co.in/.../amp_articleshow/65235102.cms It could be that the series of seismic reactions that caused the Indus and Harappan civilisations to disappear might have occurred here too... and just as the Saraswathi river went underground.. the river here too might have gone underground or changed its course. Some ppl say the Yagna was held at Baroch which is at the north of the Narmada... either way it was held in what is now known as Gujarat.... and...