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Vallam kali (vaḷḷaṃ kaḷi, literally: boat game), also known as snake boat race, is a traditional boat race in Kerala, India. It is a form of canoe racing , and uses paddled war canoes . It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam in spring.
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is an annual vallam kali held in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Vallam Kali or Vallamkali y literally means boat play/game, but can be translated to boat race in English.
President of India will be present to witness the race and would also give away the trophy and cash prize to the winning team. The race will become a part of Kerala's IPL-model boat race league from 2019 onward. The Government of Kerala is planning to make President's Trophy Boat Race as the finishing event of Champions’ Boat League. [2]
The Champions Boat League also known as CBL is an IPL style [1] professional snake boat regatta held in Kerala, India. Teams participate in a series of 12 established traditional boat races [2] to compete for the top spots. The first season of CBL was held in 2019, inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar. [3]
A ancient giant snake in India might have been longer than a school bus and weighed a ton, researchers reported Thursday. The newly discovered behemoth lived 47 million years ago in western India ...
Karichal Chundan is a famous Chundan vallam (snake boat) that belongs to a village called Karichal which is located at the south of Veeyapuram Panchayat near to Haripad in Karthikappally taluk, Alappuzha, Kerala. [1]
The boat race can be conveniently viewed from Munroe Island (Munroethuruthu in vernacular). Munroe Island holds an important place in the tourist map of Kerala. The country boat sightseeing across Munroe Island conducted by the Kollam district tourist promotion council is the best of its kind in the country.
A panoramic view of Panandhro Lignite Mine, in western India's Gujarat state, shows the fossiliferous level (red arrow) where the giant snake Vasuki indicus was found. - S. Bajpai/D. Datta/P. Verma