Indira Gandhi Boat Race

Indira Gandhi Boat Race

Indira Gandhi Boat Race is a boat race festival celebrated in the last week of December in the backwaters of Kochi, a town in Kerala, south India. This boat race is one of the most popular vallam Kali (snake boat race) in Kerala. This festival is conducted to promote Kerala tourism. This race with its heart throbbing rhythm of drum music provides an unforgettable experience to the spectators.

The trophy of the race was instituted in memory of Indira Gandhi, the late Prime Minister of India.

Other renowned boat races in Kerala

* Nehru Trophy Boat Race
* Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
* Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali
* Payippad Jalotsavam
* Kumarakom Boat Race

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