- Vallam Kali
Vallam Kali (or Vallamkali) (വള്ളംകളി) literally means boat game (race) in
Malayalam . It is the traditional boat (paddled longboat) race inKerala (a state in southIndia ).It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival
Onam in Autumn.Vallam Kali include races of many kinds of traditional boats (paddled longboat) of Kerala.The race ofChundan Vallam (snake boat) is the major event.Hence Vallam Kali is also known in English as Snake Boat Race and now in recent years has become a major tourist attraction.Other types of boats which do participate in various events in the race are "Churulan Vallam, Iruttukuthy Vallam, Odi Vallam, Veppu Vallam (Vaipu Vallam), Vadakkanody Vallam, Kochu Vallam". The Nehru Trophy vallamkali winner for the 2008 is Karichal Chundan(chundan = snake boat)The most renowned of these races
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Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali at Aranmula,Pathanamthitta
*Nehru Trophy Boat Race at punnamada, at Alappuzha
*Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
*Payippad Jalotsavam , The Oldest Snake boat race.
*Kumarakom Boat Race
*Indira Gandhi Boat Race , atErnakulam lake.Other boat races in Kerala
* ATDC Boat Race,
Alappuzha .
* Rajiv Gandhi Boat Race, Pulinkunnu
* Neerettupuram Pampa Boat Race
* Karuvatta Boat Race
* Kavanattinkara Boat Race
* Kumarakom Arpookara Vanitha Jalamela
* Mahatma Boat Race, Mannar
* Thazhathangadi Boat Race,Kottayam
* Kottapuram Boat Race
* Kodungallur and Kumaranasan Smaraka Jalotsavam, Pallana.
*Kallada Boat Race ,Kollam External links
* [http://www.nehrutrophyboatrace.com Nehru Trophy Boat Race]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9081647335832289546 Google video of Vallamkalli]
* [http://gamezindia.com/guest/gameplay.php?gId=46 Online game on Vallamkali at www.gamezindia.com]
* [http://www.alappuzhaonline.com/snake-boat-races-alappuzha.htm Snake Boat Race]
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