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The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, visited the area and had a boat trip on Alappuzha Lake. The temple was constructed in 1952 as a tribute to his memory. The trip occurred the same calendar year.
When Prime Minister Nehru won the contest for the snakebite demonstration, he ascended to the top of a Nadubhagam sandalwood tree in Alappuzha to celebrate. Prime Minister Nehru donated a silver replica of a snake bite as a trophy sometime following his return to New Delhi. This award was fashioned to resemble a deadly snake.
Key Takeaways
- The Pallathuruthi Boat Club’s “Mahadevikadu Kattil Thekethil” won the competition, and the NCDC Boat Club’s “Nadubhagam” of Kumarakam took second place.
- Twenty snake boats were among the 77 that participated in the competition.
- Due to the high level of competition, the boats participated in one of nine categories.
- Originally, there were supposed to be 22 snake boats competing, but when two of them dropped out, the final tally was now 20.
- One of the Pallathuruthi Boat Club’s boats came out on top in this competition. A lot faster than the other boats, it finished the 1.15-kilometre race in 4.30.77 minutes.
- The Pallathuruthi boat captained by Santhosh Chacko has won the Nehru Trophy three times in a row as well.
About CBL
CBL (championsboatleague.in) is an initiative that aims to professionalise and commercialise Kerala’s distributed snake-boat races while maintaining the sport’s traditional spirit. The goal of this endeavour is to change the game.
History of Nehru Trophy Boat Race
This boat race was first staged in the city of Alappuzha, in the Indian state of Kerala. The program was established in 1952 by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India at the time.
The winner was honoured with a trophy honouring Jawaharlal Nehru.
Star Sports Network is the official television broadcast partner of the 2019 Nehru Trophy Boat Race, now an official event in the newly formed Champions Boat League (CBL).
The league opted not to play in 2020 because of the massive COVID-19 epidemic.
According to the NewsDrum Desk, the Pallathuruthy Boat Club swept all three races in the 68th annual Nehru Trophy Boat Race. Drum Set Reporting Sep4, 2022-19:37 This is Twitter’s share button. The page ends with Twitter and WhatsApp sharing buttons. The Facebook share button is titled “Share.” Share
While the annual Nehru Trophy boat race in Alappuzha (Ker) was postponed for the past two years due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Pallathuruthy Boat Club was able to win it for the third year in a row on Sunday.
The “Mahadevikad Kattil Thekkethil Chundan,” which finished the race in 4 minutes and 30 seconds, was declared the winner of the snake boat competition. The NCDC Boat Club’s “Nadubhagam Chundan” came in hot on its heels.
There were tens of thousands of people who came from all over the state to be among the first to arrive at the Punnamada Lake venue in the morning to get the finest viewing positions for the athletic event that was being held there. The race’s spectators have been waiting all day on houseboats and roofs of surrounding residences.
The 68th annual regatta was named after India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The ceremony was opened by Kerala’s Minister of Finance, K. N. Balagopal. The race for the snake boats, also known as “Chundans,” was given the green light by Admiral D. K. Joshi, the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the primary guest at the event.
Foreign spectators attended because the event is largely considered to be the most significant water-sport competition in the country. In 1952, as part of his first tour of Kerala after India’s independence, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru visited Kuttanad, prompting the establishment of the Nehru Trophy Boat Race in his honour. The massive snake boats escorted him and gave him a roaring ovation as he made his way to Alappuzha from Kottayam at the time.
After being so warmly received and experiencing the exhilaration of sailing in a snake boat, Nehru donated a rolling trophy for the winner to take home. After much deliberation, the name “Nehru Trophy” was chosen to honour the recipient. PTI ROH HMP HMP.
Winners in different classes
Thekkanodi Thara Vallam (Girls)- Saradhy (Police Boat Membership, Alappuzha)
Thekkanodi Kettu Vallam (Girls)- Chellikadan (Chaithram Kudumbashree Boat Membership, Pullangady)
Churulan- Kodimatha (Koduppunna Boat Membership)
Beppu ‘A’ grade- Manali (Police Boat Membership, Alappuzha)
Veppu ‘B’ grade- Chiramel Thottukadavan (SSBC Virippukala, Kumarakom)
Iruttukuthi ‘A’ grade- Moonu Thaikkal (Arpookara Boat Membership, Kottayam)
Iruttukuthi ‘B’ grade- Thuruthipuram (Thuruthipuram Boat Membership, Ernakulam)
Iruttukuthi ‘C’ grade- Gothuruthu (GBC, Gothuruthu)
Other Important facts
Balagopal, according to a press release, made a speech at the event in which he said that the government was planning to hold a new boat race for the northern section of the state of Malabar, with the river Chaliyar serving as the site of the competition. Both the Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala share the Chaliyar as a river. Minister of State Tourism P.A. Mohammed Riyas, who also spoke to the jubilant crowd, expressed optimism that the revitalized NTBR and CBL will lead to an uptick in tourism for the state. This was mentioned in the meat of his speech.
The snake boats, or “Chundans,” were launched after receiving the go-ahead from Admiral D. K. Joshi, the Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the event’s special guest. In 1952, just after Kerala gained its independence, Prime Minister Nehru made his first trip to the state, which included a stop in Kuttanad. An annual boat race was renamed the “Nehru Trophy ” in his honour to commemorate his presence. At the time, he travelled from Kottayam to Alappuzha and was accompanied by enormous snake boats and a boisterous mob chanting for him This was mentioned in the meat of his speech.
