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| Payippad Boat Race |
Boat races are an Integral part of Kerala culture. Paippad Boat
race is one of the most famous and oldest water festivals in Kerala. Paippad
Jalolsavam is three day water carnival in Paippad Lake, Haripad, Alappuzha
District, Kerala,India which generally held on the month of August or September.
Most of the festivals in Kerala is based on some myths or legends.
Paippad boat race is also started based on legends on approaching a whirlpool
on kayamkulam Lake for retrieving the Subtahmanyan Idol.
Paippad boat race is the most number of snake boat participants after
the Nehru Trophy Boat race. Apart from the exciting snake boat race one can
enjoy beautiful and colourful water procession of boats.
WHEN IS PAIPPAD BOAT RACE ?
This festival is held on the time of Onam Days
in Kerala. As like most of the festivals in Kerala, the date is being
calculated on base of Malayalam calendar. Usually It falls in August or
September month in Georgian calendar. In 2020 Paippad Boat race will be held on
2nd September.
There was 5000 years old Subrhmanyan temple there
in Harippad village,which was under control of noble families called ‘Ooranma’
Family. They are decided to build a new big temple, while building the ‘SreeKoil’
of the temple , the elders in the ‘Ooranma’ family had a strange dream at the
same time . The dream was that, an
subrahmayan four handed idol was present under the whirlpool of Kayamkulam Lake.
Based on this dream villagers went to
kayamkulam lake and found the whirlpool and
retrieved the idol from the water.
On return journey the villagers escorted in
their boats to show the respect for the idol. The idol was installed on temple.
The three days water carnival and boat race were
started in remembrance of this event
HOW TO REACH PAIPPAD BOAT RACE ?
Nearest railway station: Haripad, about 5 km.
Nearest airport: Cochin
International Airport, about 85 km from Alappuzha.
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