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| name = Kite Club, Kollam
| native_name = '''കൊല്ലം കൈറ്റ് ക്ലബ്ബ്'''
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| motto = ''Kitefully Yours''
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| purpose = Promoting kite flying
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| headquarters = [[Kollam]] city
| location = [[Kollam Beach|Beach Kollam]]
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'''Kollam Kite Club''' or '''Kite Club, Kollam''' is a registered kite flying club situated at [[Kollam]] city in [[India]]. The club is mainly focused on kite flying, kite workshops etc. The main recreational area of Kollam Kite Club is [[Kollam Beach]] in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kitelifefoundation.blogspot.in/2013/12/kollam-kite-club-activities-by-klf.html |title=Kollam Kite Club Activities by KLF |publisher=Kite Life Foundation |access-date=2015-04-30 }}</ref>

==Importance==
Kite flying is now a part of [[Kollam]]'s culture. People of Kollam are actively involved in kite-flying activities at [[Kollam Beach]] every day. ''KiteLife Foundation'', founded by Mr. Rajesh Nair, is now organizing good number of kite-related workshops and activities in [[Kollam]]. KiteLife Foundation is organizing Kite flying festivals in [[Kollam]] every year.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kitelifefoundation.blogspot.in/2014_04_05_archive.html |title=Kollam Kite Club Activities by KLF |publisher=Kite Life Foundation |access-date=2015-04-30 }}</ref> [[Kollam]] and [[Shimoga]] chapters of KiteLife Foundation are having a good number of memberships also.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/flying-with-intent/article6429823.ece |title=Flying with intent |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=2015-04-30 }}</ref> National Kite Flying Festival-2014 happened at [[Kollam]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.malayaleehouse.com/national-kite-flying-festival-in-kollam-beach-chuttuvattom-news-video_9f7b76acc.html |title=National Kite Flying Festival in Kollam Beach : Chuttuvattom News |publisher=Malayalee House Chuttuvattom News |access-date=2015-04-30 }}</ref> Kite Making Classes are also conducted by various organizations in the city.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kollam.keralaonline.in/local/kite-making-classes_b2c/in-78596 |title=Flying with intent |publisher=Kite Making Classes in Kollam |access-date=2015-04-30 }}</ref>

==National Kite Flying Festival 2019==
The college students union of [[Thangal Kunju Musaliar College of Engineering|TKMCE, Kollam]] is organizing National Kite Flying Festival on 17 March 2019 at [[Kollam Beach]]. The students union aims to spread awareness about the plight of Kollam's sinking island, [[Munroe Island]], and also attempts to break the Asian record for the maximum number of kites flown simultaneously.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kites-to-highlight-plight-of-a-sinking-island/article26556521.ece |title=Kites to highlight plight of a sinking island |publisher=The Hindu |date=2019-03-16 |access-date=2019-03-16 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Kollam Port]]
* [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]]

==References==
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[[Category:Kite flying]]
[[Category:Culture of Kollam]]
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