Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, September 13, 2011: Kerala Tourism’s week-long Onam celebrations came to an end on Tuesday with a colourful pageantry depicting traditional art and dance forms and the developments in various spheres.

Governor M O H Farook flagged off the procession at a function held at Keltron junction. More than 75 floats depicting different social issues and development achieved by the country in different fields were the main attraction of the pageantry.

Yakshaganam, the folk dance form from Karnataka and Pokali Kuthirakali from Tamil Nadu were among the various art forms that patricipated in the procession, watched a large number of holiday crowd. Floats were presented by government departments, public sector undertakings and various other cultural institutions.

More than 1700 police personnel were deployed at different points as part of security arrangements. The route by which the process passed was divided into 20 zones and Assistant Police Commissioners were given charge of each zones, sources said.

On the sidelines of the procession, school children from various educational institutions in the city also performed cultural programmes at the Museum Junction, Palayam, in front of University College, Statue and Ayurveda College.

(News agency inputs)