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NEHRU TROPHY BOAT RACE
Celebrated In : Alappuzha, puram, Kerala
Centre of Activity : Punnamada Backwaters
Held on : 2nd Saturday of August, Every year.
Commemmorate : The visit of Jawahar Lal Nehru to this place
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.
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.
Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Alappuzha, Kerala