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Aranmula Boat in Uthrattathi Boat Race Boat race witlh snake boats Nehru tropy boat race 2024 at Punnamada lake, Alappuzha Vallam Kulangara - Snake boats. 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.
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.
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]
The Raja, pleased with the love and affection shown to him by his Christian subjects, declared that henceforth, to commemorate these events, a great water carnival would be held at Champakulam every year, on Moolam day in the Malayalam month of Mithunam. Thus began the Champakulam Snake Boat Race and related functions, which continue to this day.
Sixteen snake-boats would compete in four heats. The trophy had been instituted in the name of the President of India. 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
Aranmula Uthrattathi Boat Race. Palliyodams are Aranmula’s unique snake boats (Chundan Vallam) which devotees hold in reverence, considering it as the divine vessel of the presiding deity in Sree Parthasarathy temple. These Palliyodams belong to different Karas (rustic parts) on the banks of river Pampa. The first Palliyodam was built by ...
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 ...
Most of the races organized in Kerala have interesting legends behind how they originated. The snake boats are smeared with sardine oil for a smooth passage through the water. Usually, a snake boat is manned by four helmsmen, 25 singers and 100 to 125 oarsmen, who row in unison to the fast rhythm of the Vanchipattu or the song of the boatman. [8]