Vallam kali

The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is a popular vallam kali event held in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India.

In an effort to aggrandise [definition needed] this sport and showcase Kerala's backwaters to the world, the Government of Kerala initiated IPL style regatta [clarification needed]named Champions Boat League in 2019.

[3] In Kerala, during an early 13th-century war between the feudal kingdoms of Kayamkulam and Chembakassery, King Devanarayana of Chembakassery commissioned the construction of a war boat named Chundan Vallam and tasked a famous carpenter of the day with the responsibility of creating it.

Vallam kali also includes races of many other kinds of traditional paddled longboats of Kerala, and is one of the major tourist attractions in the state.

'boatsong') is a form of poetry in the Malayalam language that is commonly used during vallam kali and related festivals.