Alleppey is the most striking
backwater location in Kerala. Alleppey houseboats are one of the unique
attractions in Kerala tourism . It’s criss -cross of canals and beaches have
rightly gotten it’s name” Venice of East”.
The Boat race is the prominent sports and
traditional competition, which is generally conducted in monsoon in the backwater or predominant
lakes. Alleppey that well known for evening cruise deal and Kerala houseboat
package in backwaters includes taste and a completely different color about the
event of Nehru trophy boat race.
There are numerous boat race in Alleppey each
has its own story clubbed together with fabled and methodological tales. It is one of the venues of Nehru trophy boat race. It is the world
famous boat race that still retains its amateur status. While historic and
traditional sports events similar to the Kerala boat events turned wholly
commercial over recent time, this unique Alleppey boat race spectacle still
retains its vibrant village festival’s spirit. The race between the innumerable
chundanvalloms or the snake boat race. Among many boat races are held in the
season Nehru trophy race is the most popular boat race in Kerala.thousand of
locals,domestic and international tourist are flocks to Kerala for this
particular boat race. The Kerala’s snack boat race is one of the largest team
sports in the world.
Nehru trophy boat race is the
name after Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is flag off the first boat race so it is conduced on the punnamada lake on the second
Saturday of August in every year.On the day of this boat race, the lakefront is
transformed into a sea of humanity around two lakh people including tourist
from abroad for watching it. Snake boat
architecture was taken form from the king had dropped great losses and wanted
to kiss success with a strong boat which could withstand the extreme
attack.There are hymns and songs which are extraordinary and exclusively
composed being sung amidst the cheering crowd of boat race.These singers
represent ashtadikpalakas. There are diverse boat sungs compiled of classical
trait and musical butchery. These community songs are very popular and a
perfect blend of variety ,different voice modulations having beautiful lyrics and behold legendary
stories,mythological drama sequence and witticism all which imbibe utmost
simplicity. Apart from the race of chundanvallom and smaller country craft and
the event has in store many fascinating moment .The stunning snakes
synchronized method boats allow it to be a rare vision because of which Nehru
trophy boat race emerged as the most popular boat race in Kerala.
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