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Nehru Trophy Boat Race



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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.

Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Alappuzha, Kerala
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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Location
Punnamada Backwaters, Alappuzha, Kerala.
Religious Practices
To Commemmorate The Visit Of Jawahar Lal Nehru To This Place.