New Delhi:Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram celebrated Onam at his ancestral home in Kerala's Pallakad with his extended family and even posted a video of himself on a traditional swing. The MP was recently cleared by a Delhi court of charges in the death case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
"There's an Onam swing tradition that one normally leaves to young girls. I was persuaded to get into the spirit of things this year. Happy Onam," tweeted the Congress leader along with a clip of him enjoying the swing hung on a tree in the courtyard of his family home as a family member pushes it forward.
He also put out a separate tweet on Saturday greeted people on the occasion of Onam. In an earlier tweet, Tharoor posted a clip of from a Malayalam news TV channel, which captured him explaining details about the festival and how he used to spend his childhood. He also mentioned that the ancestral house at Pallakad's Elavanchery village was the venue where he married Sunanda Pushkar in August 2010.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to wish Keralites spread across India to wish a happy Onam, calling it as a festival associated with positivity, vibrancy, brotherhood and harmony.