Boat clubs in Kerala shift into high gear as Kuttanad readies for famed Nehru Trophy Boat Race
The thunderous cadence of synchronised oars has once again begun to ripple across the backwaters of Kuttanad in Kerala.With the annual snake boat racing season (2026) gathering momentum, the familiar sight of chundan vallams slicing through the waterways has returned to central Travancore. As many as nine leading boat clubs have already set up preparation camps across Kuttanad, while trial sessions for smaller boats such as veppu and iruttukuthy are expected to begin by the second week of August before teams shift to their race boats. Nehru Trophy Boat Race’s annual grant, prize money increasedAlthough the season got underway with the traditional Moolam Boat Race at Champakulam on June 29, the focus has now shifted to the prestigious Nehru Trophy Boat Race (NTBR) on August 22.
- ▪The thunderous cadence of synchronised oars has once again begun to ripple across the backwaters of Kuttanad in Kerala.With the annual snake boat racing season (2026) gathering momentum, the familiar sight of chundan vallams slicing through
- ▪As many as nine leading boat clubs have already set up preparation camps across Kuttanad, while trial sessions for smaller boats such as veppu and iruttukuthy are expected to begin by the second week of August before teams shift to their ra
- ▪Nehru Trophy Boat Race’s annual grant, prize money increasedAlthough the season got underway with the traditional Moolam Boat Race at Champakulam on June 29, the focus has now shifted to the prestigious Nehru Trophy Boat Race (NTBR) on Augu
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The thunderous cadence of synchronised oars has once again begun to ripple across the backwaters of Kuttanad in Kerala.With the annual snake boat racing season (2026) gathering momentum, the familiar sight of chundan vallams slicing through the waterways has returned to central Travancore. As many as nine leading boat clubs have already set up preparation camps across Kuttanad, while trial sessions for smaller boats such as veppu and iruttukuthy are expected to begin by the second week of August before teams shift to their race boats. Nehru Trophy Boat Race’s annual grant, prize money increasedAlthough the season got underway with the traditional Moolam Boat Race at Champakulam on June 29, the focus has now shifted to the prestigious Nehru Trophy Boat Race (NTBR) on August 22.
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