Nehru Trophy Boat Race
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Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Punnamada, Finishing Point, Alappuzha, Kerala, India
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Schedule and Timing:
Nehru Trophy Boat Race is held yearly on the 2nd Saturday in the month of August at 4.00 pm.
The postponed Nehru Trophy Boat Race will be held on 10th November 2018.
Description:The Nehru Trophy Boat Race will be held at Punnamada lake in Alappuzha every year in the Month of August. The total length of the track is 1400 metres. Competitions will be held for different classes of boats. The snake boat, also called Chundan Vallam being the most prominent category.
Nehru Trophy Boat Race History
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race or Vallam Kali as it is called in Malayalam had a rather unplanned beginning. In 1952, as a part of the visit of the first Prime Minister of India Sri. Jawahar Lal Nehru, a boat ride was arranged for him from Kottayam to Alappuzha, accompanied by huge snake-boats, which turned in to boat race of sorts in the end. Nehru's unbound excitement over this event was the reason behind having a boat race in the Punnamada lake in the coming years. On returning to Delhi, Nehru donated a silver trophy for the winners of the race. In 1969, the boat race was formally renamed to Nehru Trophy Boat Race.
Event id: 1693699742
Published on June 4th, 2018, 1:42 pm
Ver.12 Dated August 10th, 2019, 1:30 pm
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