Boat race Vallam Kali ( literally "boat game") is a
traditional boat race in Kerala, India.
It is a form of canoe racing, and uses paddled war canoes. It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam in autumn. Vallam Kali includes races
of many kinds of paddled longboats, the traditional boats of Kerala.
The race of Chundan Vallam (snake
boat) is the major event. Hence Vallam Kali is also known in English as Snake Boat Race and is a major tourist attraction.
Other types of boats which do participate in various events in the race are Churulan
Vallam, Iruttukuthy Vallam, Odi Vallam, Veppu Vallam (Vaipu Vallam),
Vadakkanody Vallam, Kochu Vallam. The Nehru
Trophy Boat Race is a popular Vallam
Kaliheld in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
Kerala - God's Own Country
Kerala has a distinct and diverse cultural background. The culture and lifestyle of malayalis is deeply entwined with the rich history and religion of the state. Kerala is known for being one of the most cosmopolitan and peace loving states in India. The state has given amazing religious liberty to all its faiths, encouraging tolerance and even acceptance of religious and cultural aspects from various forms of belief and worship. Thus Kerala stands as a model for unity in diversity of different religions and cultures Sun blanched white seashore
Endless beaches. Incessant blue waves mostly calm but sometimes boisterous clamouring and vanishing among white splashes. Green groves of coconuts just stop short and border the beaches with frills. Lurking in the backdrop a network of lagoons and backwaters. Boats and country crafts moving along. Quite a lot of rivers and countless rivulets flowing through hills and paddy fields of the midland, emptying themselves into the backwaters.Sun blanched white seashore. Endless beaches. Incessant blue waves mostly calm but sometimes boisterous clamouring and vanishing among white splashes.
Green groves of coconuts just stop short and border the beaches with frills. Lurking in the backdrop a network of lagoons and backwaters. Boats and country crafts moving along. Quite a lot of rivers and countless rivulets flowing through hills and paddy fields of the midland, emptying themselves into the backwaters.And the far off dark blue mountains. This is what the eyes meet about Kerala. An excellent colour scheme and art work of Nature.An occasional boatsman rowing and singing with cargo or people. A tiller or a mower and women planting seedlings. Women at work spinning coir. Dense plantations further eastward. Kerala is all these and more.....
Green groves of coconuts just stop short and border the beaches with frills. Lurking in the backdrop a network of lagoons and backwaters. Boats and country crafts moving along. Quite a lot of rivers and countless rivulets flowing through hills and paddy fields of the midland, emptying themselves into the backwaters.And the far off dark blue mountains. This is what the eyes meet about Kerala. An excellent colour scheme and art work of Nature.An occasional boatsman rowing and singing with cargo or people. A tiller or a mower and women planting seedlings. Women at work spinning coir. Dense plantations further eastward. Kerala is all these and more.....
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Santhigiri Ashram,
Thiruvananthapuram
Founded
by Navajyothisree Karunakara Guru, about 37 years ago, the Santhigiri Ashram
from its humble existence has now grown into a spiritual abode with facilities
comprising prayer hall, parnasala, sahakarana mandiram, work centres, kitchen,
dining hall and accommodation facilities for more than 1500 inmates.Spread over
hundred acres of land, Santhigiri Ashram is located at Pothencode, about 21 km
North of the Capital City of Thiruvnanthapuram. The institution aimed at
propagating the mission of Guru, functions as a registered voluntary charitable
non-government organization. After the passing away of the Guru, his guidance
is now channelized through his foremost disciple - Sishyapojitha Janani Amritha
Jnana Thapaswini.
The ashram functions on
three fundamental principles viz. Annadanam (alms), Athurasevanam (helping the
needy) and Athmabodhanam (self-realization). It has in place a healthcare
approach based on the time-tested Indian systems of healthcare like Ayurveda,
Sidha and Panchakarma.
The ashram is renowned in India and abroad and
is visited by hundreds of people from various walks of life on a daily basis.
Today, the ashram has literally become a centre for solace and remedy for all
maladies and human sufferings. Above all, the ashram has become a source of
authentic spiritual knowledge and a centre of pilgrimage. Branches of the
ashram are now present in several cities in India.
The ashram is renowned in India and abroad and is visited by hundreds of
people from various walks of life on a daily basis. Today, the ashram has
literally become a centre for solace and remedy for all maladies and human
sufferings. Above all, the ashram has become a source of authentic spiritual
knowledge and a centre of pilgrimage. Branches of the ashram are now present in
several cities in India.
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