Glimpses of Kerala
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Aymanam, Kottayam, Kerala
Two-image exposure blend (1/6 and 1/25 sec).
A large swarm of dragonflies took the air during this shot, and can be seen as dark specks against the sky.
A picture taken in March, before the monsoon rains, is here:
Southern Birdwing Butterfly (Garudakodi)
This is apparently one of the largest butterflies of India, but I had never noticed one until today.
Aymanam, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Kottayam, Kerala State, India.
The 121st edition of the Kottayam Boat Race / Champions Boat League (CBL), held on 29 OCT 2022.
The most impressive of all the boat races of Kerala is the Snake Boat Race, which is commonly referred to as Chundanvallams. The brilliant performance of the rowers portrays the inherent sporting zeal and sportsman spirit of the local inhabitants of the southern state of India Kerala.
Snake boat has got a length of 100 – 120 feet and usually more than a hundred people are on board. Both the ends of the boats are raised from water level. The rear end has a height of about twenty feet from the surface of water. Nearly eighty six persons are rowers, ten to fifteen are to give the rhythm, four are to steer the vessel. It will finish the 1.4 Km track in less then 5 minutes.
I saw a pair of black-winged stilts, but when I approached them they stood their ground and set up a great cacophony of cheeping rather than flying away. I then realized that they were protecting a brood of three chicks who seem newly hatched. I could not get the whole family in the same frame. This collage shows the father on the left, the babies in the middle, and the mother on the right. I hope they survive ...
Kumarakom, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Kottayam, Kerala State, India.
The 121st edition of the Kottayam Boat Race / Champions Boat League (CBL), held on 29 OCT 2022.
Still from irittukuthi boat / irittukuthi vallom heats
Amarackars (helmsmen) in action.
Kottayam, Kerala State, India.
The 121st edition of the Kottayam Boat Race / Champions Boat League (CBL), held on 29 OCT 2022.
Still from snake boat / chudan vallom race heats
Kottayam, Kerala State, India.
The 121st edition of the Kottayam Boat Race / Champions Boat League (CBL), held on 29 OCT 2022.
Still from snake boat / chudan vallom race heats
Amarackars (helmsmen) steering the boat.
Kottayam, Kerala State, India.
The 121st edition of the Kottayam Boat Race / Champions Boat League (CBL), held on 29 OCT 2022.
Still from snake boat / chudan vallom race heats