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A vigorous defense of fishing rights!
Common Kingfishers (Small Blue Kingfishers)
Aymanam, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Cattle egrets, herons, and a cormorant in a paddy field.
A purple heron can be seen sticking its head out of the rice field on the right bank.
Kottayam District, Kerala, India
The 121st edition of the Kottayam Boat Race / Champions Boat League (CBL), held on 29 OCT 2022.
Due to covid in 2020 & 2021 boat race was not held.
Kottayam Boat Race, more popular as the Thazhathangadi Vallamkali, taking place in the Meenachil river every year. The competition traces its beginning in the existing form to 1888-90 period, when the then Diwan Peshkar (district collector) T. Rama Rao organised the regatta. The Diwan categorised the boats for the event as Chundans, Veppus, Irittukuthis and Churulans. For various reasons boat race had an abrupt end in 1986. After 12 years it was restarted. There was a time when the boat race attracted the attention star guests like the former Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Salassie, who had instituted a trophy.