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The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is a popular Vallam Kali held in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Vallam Kali or Vallamkali literally means boat play/game, but can be translated to boat race in English. The most popular event of the race is the competition of Chundan Vallams (snake boats). Hence the race is also known as Snake Boat Race in English. Other categories of boats which participate in various events of the race are Churulan Vallam, Iruttukuthy Vallam, Odi Vallam, Veppu Vallam, Vadakkanody Vallam and Kochu Vallam. #yachtsofkerala #goodlife #wanderthebackwaters #hauntinglybeautifulkerala #allthingsgreen (at Alappuzha)

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6 P.M. in Kerala Sunset in Kerala, India, is greeted by a series of rituals. Here on Kakkathuruthu, a tiny island in Kerala’s tangled backwaters, children leap into shallow pools.Women in saris head home in skiffs. Fishermen light lamps and cast nets into the lagoon. Bats swoop across the horizon snapping up moths. Shadows lengthen, the sky shifts from pale blue to sapphire, and the emerald-fringed “island of crows” — the Malayalam name for this sandy spot along the Malabar coast — embraces night. If dawn is awakening and daytime illumination, then twilight is transcendence, a final burst of vitality before darkness falls. — National Geographic Expeditions. #wanderthebackwaters #hauntinglybeautifulkerala #bestsunsetspotsintheworld #theriveriseverywhere #seekpeaceuniverse (at Kakkathuruthu)

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Experience Kerala in 360. #lifeinvr @vrnxt.co #lightscamerasmilegama @lights.camera.smile #hauntinglybeautifulkerala #wanderthebackwaters #snakeboatrace (at Punnamada - പുന്നമട)