Champakulam
Kerala
India
The Champakulam Moolam Boat Race is one of the oldest vallam kali (snake boat race) (after the Aranmula Boat Race) of Kerala, India. The Champakulam Moolam vallam kali is the boat race that kicks off the boat race season of Kerala annually.
Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
The race is held on the River Pamba at Champakkulam, a village in Alappuzha district on Moolam day of the Malayalam month Midhunam (according to the Malayalam Calendar), the day of the installation of the deity at the Ambalappuzha Sree Krishna Temple. The day normally falls in June or July and the boat race attracts an enormous crowd.
This is the event that kicks off the boat racing frenzy which takes over the State for the next few months.
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Getting there
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Nearest railway station: Alappuzha, about 15 km
Nearest airport: Cochin International Airport, about 78 km