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Indira Gandhi Boat Race

It is held during Onam (August – September), Kerala's harvest festival. Indira Gandhi Boat race is a befitting climax to a week of revelry. Sleek Serpent boats (Chundans) vie with one another, the furious paddling turning the waters fronting Marine Drive into one frothing melee. It is pure theatre.

Chambakulam Boat Race

This is one of the most popular of Kerala Boat Races.Pceremonial water procession, Spectacular water floats, Decorated boats, Vanchipattu (folk song of the oarsmen). The chundanvallom (snake boat, over 100 feet in length,

Nehru Trophy Boat Race

Nehru Trophy Boat Race is the most famous Kerala Boat Races. This annual regatta is held on the Punnamada Backwaters of Alappuzha district on the second Saturday of August. The event is a commemoration of the visit to this place by the late Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1952.

Rajiv Gandhi Boat Race

Rajiv Gandhi Boat Race is a grand fest on the rolling backwaters of Kochi. Conducted in the last week of December, it is a fitting finale to the Tourism Fair, which attracts travellers from all parts of the globe to come see kerala boat races. The event is a memorial to the former prime minister.

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