Vallam Kali (or Vallamkali) literally means boat game (race) in Malayalam. It is the traditional boat race in Kerala (a state in south India). Malayalam (മലയാളം ) is the language spoken predominantly in the state of Kerala, in southern India. ...   (IPA: ; ) is a state on the Western Coast of south-western India. ...

It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam in Autumn. Vallam Kali include races of many kinds of traditional boats of Kerala. The race of Chundan Vallam (snake boat) is the major item. Hence Vallam Kali is also known in English as Snake Boat Race and 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. Onam (Malayalam: ഓണം) is an annual harvest festival, celebrated mainly in the Indian state of Kerala. ... Chundan Vallam (Chundan boat) known to outside world as Kerala snake boats is one of the icons of Kerala culture used in Vallamkali (boat race). ...

The most renowned of these races

• Nehru Trophy Boat Race
• Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
• Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali
• Payippad Jalotsavam
• Indira Gandhi Boat Race, at Ernakulam lake.

Nehru Trophy Boat Race is one the famous Vallam Kali held in Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha district of Kerala state in south India. ... Champakulam Moolam Boat Race This boat race is the oldest and most popular vallam Kali (snake boat race) in Kerala state of south India. ... Aranmula Boat Race The two day Aranmula Boat Race is more a water fiesta than a competition, conducted during Onam. ... The three day annual fiesta on the Payippad Lake, 35 km from Alappuzha, commemorates the installation of the deity at the Subramanya Swamy Temple, Haripad. ... Indira Gandhi Boat Race is a grand fest on the rolling backwaters of Kochi. ... The skyline of Ernakaulam Ernakulam (Malayalam : എറണാകുളം ) refers to the western part of the mainland of Kochi city in Kerala, India. ...

Other boat races in Kerala

• ATDC Boat Race, Alappuzha.
• Rajiv Gandhi Boat Race, Pulinkunnu
• Neerettupuram Pampa Boat Race
• Kumarakom Boat Race
• Karuvatta Boat Race
• Kavanattinkara Boat Race
• Kumarakom Arpookara Vanitha Jalamela
• Kottayam Mahatma Boat Race, Mannar
• Thazhathangadi Boat Race, Kottayam
• Kottapuram Boat Race
• Kodungallur and Kumaranasan Smaraka Jalotsavam, Pallana.
• Kallada Boat Race, Kollam

Church Alappuzha, also known as Alleppey, is a town in Alappuzha District of Kerala state of southern India. ... For the district with the same name, see Kottayam District. ... Kollam (known to the Portuguese as Quilon, pronounced koy-lon) is a city and a municipal corporation in Kollam district in the Indian state of Kerala. ...

External links

• Nehru Trophy Boat Race