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|colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 130%;background:lavender;"|'''President's Trophy Boat Race'''<br />
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|colspan="2" style="width:100%; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center;"|[[File:Presidents-trophy-boat-race-ashtamudi-kollam.jpg|200px]]<br />
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|'''Annual event since'''<br />
|2011<br />
|-<br />
|'''Current champion'''<br />
|Nadubhagam chundan (2019)<br />
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|'''Course'''<br />
|[[Ashtamudi Lake]], [[Kollam]] [[Kerala]]<br />
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|'''Trophy'''<br />
|President's Trophy<br />
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|}<br />
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The '''President's Trophy Boat Race''' ({{lang-ml|പ്രസിഡന്റ്'സ് ട്രോഫി വള്ളം കളി}}) is a popular [[boat race]] held on the [[Ashtamudi lake]] in [[Kollam|Kollam city]] on 1 November every year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=President's Trophy Boat Race at Ashtamudi backwaters {{!}} Explore Kollam Festivals|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/kollam/president_trophy_boat_race.php|access-date=2020-10-31|website=www.keralatourism.org}}</ref> The day marks the birth of the Indian state of [[Kerala]], known as '''[[Kerala Piravi]]'''. This is the most popular of the races to be held during the season of the harvest festival, [[Onam]], in Autumn on [[Ashtamudi Lake]] in [[Kollam]]. There would be races in five categories, namely ''Chundan Vallam'' (snake-boats), two grades of ''Veppu Vallam'', and two grades of ''Iruttukuthi Vallam''. Sixteen snake-boats would compete in four heats. The trophy had been instituted in the name of the President of India. President of India will be present to witness the race and would also give away the trophy and cash prize to the winning team. The race will become a part of Kerala's [[Indian Premier League|IPL]]-model boat race league from 2019 onward. The [[Government of Kerala]] is planning to make President's Trophy Boat Race as the finishing event of Champions’ Boat League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/row-row-row-your-boat-for-a-big-prize-money/article28689954.ece|title=Row, row, row your boat for a big prize money|publisher=Business Line|date=24 July 2019|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref><br />
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==About the event==<br />
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Kollam boatrace01.jpg|thumb|right|300px|President's Trophy Boat Race]] --><br />
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Kollam is a miniature of Kerala in all its pomp and pride in tourism map. The Ashtamudi Lake – beautiful calm water spread with enchanting greenery on the blanks. It is also gifted with unique representative features - sea, lakes plains, monuments, rivers, streams, backwaters, forest, and vast green fields.<br />
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The venue is at Gateway of Ashtamudi. The race will start from the water column near Thevally Palace and finishing point will be front of the house boat terminal.<ref name=":0" /> The water body having 1250 m long in between these two points is scheduled as the Track for the race.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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As the oarsmen throw their oars in unison to the fast paced rhythm of the vanchipattu (Song of the Boatmen), the huge black crafts slice through pristine race course of Ashtamudi Lake to a spectacular finish. Hundreds of spectators, including tourists from abroad, thronging the lake front, erupts out of joy.<br />
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Boat race is telecasted live in DD National and DD Malayalam.<br />
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==Champions - first edition==<br />
Winners of the first edition of President's Trophy Boat Race - '''Sree Ganeshan Chundan'''('''St. Francis Boat Club, Kollam''').<ref name=PT1>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidentstrophy.gov.in/news.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-09-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805101646/http://www.presidentstrophy.gov.in/news.php |archive-date=2012-08-05 }}</ref> Runner up - '''Devas Chundan''' ('''Jesus Boat Club, Kollam''').<ref name=PT1 /><br />
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Her Excellency the Honorable President of India, Smt.Pratibha Devisingh Patil inaugurated first edition of President's Trophy boat race.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Trophies and prize money==<br />
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The gold-plated trophy and rupees 10 lakhs cash award.<br />
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==Winners==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|-<br />
! bgcolor = orange | Year<br />
! bgcolor = orange | Winners<br />
! bgcolor = orange | Club<br />
! bgcolor = orange | Captain<br />
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| 2011<br />
|Sree Ganesh Chundan<br />
|Saint Francis Boat Club<br />
|K Arun Kumar<br />
|-<br />
| 2012<br />
|Jawahar Thayankari<br />
|Sangam Kannety<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2013<br />
|[[KARICHAL CHUNDAN]]<br />
|Jesus Boat Club-Kollam<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2014<br />
|Anary<br />
|Kumarakam Town Boat Club<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2015<br />
|Not Conducted<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2016<br />
|Kattil Thekkethil<br />
|New Alapy Town Boat Club<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2017<br />
|St. Pious Xth<br />
|SFBC<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2018<br />
|'''Not Conducted'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2019<br />
|Nadubhagam<br />
|Pallathuruthy Boat club(PBC)<br />
|Narayanankutty<br />
|}<br />
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==Patrons==<br />
* Chief Patron: Hon. Chief Minister of Kerala<br />
* Chairman: District Collector of Kollam<br />
* General Convener: District Magistrate of Kollam<br />
* Mayor, Corporation of Kollam<br />
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==Other notable boat races in Kerala==<br />
* [[Nehru Trophy Boat Race]]<br />
* [[Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali]]<br />
* [[Kumarakom Boat Race]]<br />
* [[Kallada Boat Race]]<br />
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== Other notable events in city ==<br />
* [[Kollam pooram]]<br />
* [[Kollam Beach]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2341796.ece The Hindu News Paper KOLLAM, 10 August 2011]<br />
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2340211.ece The Hindu News Paper KOLLAM, 9 August 2011]<br />
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article2235189.ece The Hindu News Paper KOLLAM, 17 July 2011]<br />
* http://www.keralatourism.org/gothuruth-boat-race.php<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{commons category|Vallam Kali}}<br />
* [http://www.presidentstrophy.gov.in Official President's Trophy Boat Race Website]<br />
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{{Tourism in Kerala}}<br />
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