Nehru Trophy Boat Race

  • Location: Alappuzha
  • Category: Feasts and Festivals
  • Venue: Punnamada Lake
  • Organised by: Alappuzha District Administration and Nehru Trophy Boat Race Society

This August is the time of the prestigious Nehru Trophy Boat Race, where the silence of the lake is sliced by the slashing oars of the pacing boats. Held on the second Saturday of August every year, it is the most popular of all boat races in the world. This time it is scheduled to be on August 8, 2015.

Magnificent snake boats compete for the prized trophy to commemorate the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India to Alappuzha. The rhythmic and the synchronized way of rowing the majestic snake boats make it a rare spectacle.

Apart from the races of chundan valloms (snake boats) and of smaller country crafts, the event has in store many fascinating moments like the ceremonial water processions, spectacular floats and decorated boats.

For  enquiry contact:

  • District Collector, Alappuzha, Ph: 0477 – 2251720, 9447129011 (M)
  • Revenue Divisional Officer, Alappuzha, Ph: 0477 – 2263441, 9447495002 (M)