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| NEHRU
TROPHY BOAT RACE |
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| Celebrated In
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Alappuzha, puram, Kerala |
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| Centre of
Activity :
Punnamada Backwaters |
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| Held on :
2nd Saturday of August,
Every year. |
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| Commemmorate :
The visit of Jawahar Lal
Nehru to this place |
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| Nehru Trophy Boat Race is the
most famous of the boat races of Kerala. This annual regatta is held on the
Punnamada Backwaters of Alappuzha district on the second Saturday of August. |
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The event is a commemoration of
the visit to this place by the late Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru,
in 1952.
The spectacular races features magnificent snake boats or 'Chundans'. The
boisterous and rhythmic boat songs or Vanchipattu work the spectators to a
state of frenzy. |
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