when2visit

Backwaters host many special events during August to September.

so this is the best time visit here.

i f you want to enjoy the beauty of rain during monsoon days.

choose june-july .

‘Valomkali’((Boat Racing in Malayalam) )

little more about Boat Racing Season :

“Vllamkali” is the traditional boat race festival of Kerala. The spectacular snake boat races have become so popular that they have come to symbolise Kerala worldwide. It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam. The Nehru Trophy Vallamkali is the most the biggest and the most popular boat race event in Kerala .that is held every year at Punnamaada Lake in Alappuzha  in August.


The other popular vallamkalis are :

Champakulam Moolam Boat Race

Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali

Payippad Jalotsavam

Indira Gandhi Boat Race

Kumarakom Boat Race

the Thazhathangadi Boat race Known as Kottayam Boat Race

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