Nehru trophy snake boat race 2026
Location: Punnamda backwaters alappuzha district.
72 nd edition of the Nehru
Trophy Boat Race (NTBR) held at Punnamada Lake on August 22nd 2026 saturday
chundan vallams ( snake boats) will participate.
snake boats
total 5 heats
HEATS 1.
track 1. .... ( ....)
track 2 . ......
( LBC karumady)
track 3 : -- (KVBC kumarakom)
track 4 : -- (MBC mankombu)
HEATS 2.
track 1. devas ( PBC
punnamada)
track 2: --- (ubc kainakary)
track3: -- (sbc
thekkekara)
track 4: --- (KTBC kumarakam)
HEATS 3
track 1. ---- (SHBC kainakary)
track 2: --- (KBC
kumarakom)
track 3: ------ (KPBC kerala)
track 4: --- (LBC chenangari)
HEATS 4
track 1 :
--- (NBC niranam)
track 2:
--- ( sbc kumarakom)
track 3: ---- ( TBC talavady)
track 4:
--- (KBC ---)
HEATS 5
track 1: --- ( VBC kainakary)
track 2: ---- (NBRA kochi)
track 3: NIL
track 4: ---- (KNCDC kaipuzhamuttu kumarakom)
FINALS 2025
***m
n*****
c*******
k********
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categories
The race is held in four main categories Chundan : Is the lord of the race. It
can accomodate about 100 oarsmen who can produce 90 to 120strokes per minute,
the 100 foot chundan can cover a distance of 1.4 kms in about 5 minutes. The
first design of a chundan was submitted by Kodupunna Venkitanarayanan Asari .
Because of the eel like structure these boats are called snake boats by
foreigners .
Churulan
Iruttukuthi A, B
Veppu.A B
thekkanodi thara
thekkanodi kettu
.
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Nehru trophy results 2026
Chundan snake boat category : Winner Nehru Trophy 2026 ..... chundan
rowed by ...... boat club
Eruttukuthy A grade: m******
Eruttukuthy B Grade:
******
Eruttukuthy C Grade:
v********
Veppu A Grade: ******
Veppu
B Grade: ****
Churulan: ***
thekkan odi thara (women) :
***il
Thekkan odi (women) Kettu: ***
. ....
.
Registered snake boats 2026
chundan rowed by club
chundan rowed by boat club
chundan rowed by
boat club kumarakam
chundan rowed
chundan rowed by
chundan rowed by
alapppuzha
chundan rowed y boat club
chundan rowed by boat club
chundan rowed by
boat club
chundan rowed by boat club
chundan club alappuzha
chundan rowed by boat club
chundan
rowed by boat club
chundan rowed by boat club
chundan rowed by boat club
chundan
chundan
chundan
chundan rowed by boat club
.
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The Nehru trophy
In 1952 the then prime minister of India Shri Jawaharlal Nehru on his visit to
kerala took the water route from Kottayam to Alappuzha. A race was organised
in his honour. The victor of the race was Nadumbaghom chundan. Nehru was so
excited seeing the race that he leapt on to the boat and congratulated the
winners
Later that year he send a token of his appreciation - a miniature silver
chundan
mounted on a ebony case. The plaque on the trophy bears the
following inscription above his
signature " To the winners of the boat race
which is a unique feature of community life in
Travancore - CochinThere
after the event became an annual feature named prime minister's trophy boat
race and is
held on the second saturday of August every year. After nehru's
death it was renamed as Nehru Trophy
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