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Champions Boat League (CBL) Snakeboat Race – Kerala

September 1 , 2019 1722 days 1284 0
  • Nadubhagam Chundan, the snake boat of Pallathuruthy Boat Club, lifted the 67th edition of the coveted Nehru Trophy at the Punnamada Lake in Alappuzha.
  • 'Chambakkulam Chundan' and "Karichal Chundan” came in the second and third positions respectively.

  • Nation’s first Prime Minister visited Alappuzha lake in 1952 and travelled on Nadubhagam Chundan (snakeboat).

About

  • The CBL seeks to professionalise Kerala’s largely scattered snake-boat races, while commercialising them without losing the conventional spirit.
  • Hosted by Kerala Tourism, CBL is the country’s first-ever boat race on the lines of the IPL.
  • There will be 12 races in the CBL.
  • It begins with the Nehru trophy and concludes with the President’s Trophy Boat Race in Kollam on November 23.

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