The Indira Gandhi Boat Race is an annual boat race conducted in Kochi

Kochi

-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is conducted in the last week of December in the Lake of Kochi, by the Department of Tourism of the state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

. This boat race is one of the most popular vallam Kali

Vallam Kali

Vallam Kali literally means boat race in Malayalam. It is the traditional boat race in Kerala It is mainly conducted during the season of the harvest festival Onam in autumn....

 (snake boat race) in Kerala. The trophy of the race is named after Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

, the former Prime Minister of India.

Other renowned boat races in Kerala

• President's Trophy Boat Race
  President's Trophy Boat Race
  The President's Trophy Boat Race is a popular Vallam Kali held on the Ashtamudi lake on Atham day which marks the start of Onam Celebrations in Indian state of Kerala....
  
  
• Nehru Trophy Boat Race
  Nehru Trophy Boat Race
  The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is a popular Vallam Kali held in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Vallam Kali or Vallamkali literally means boat play/game, but can be translated to boat race in English. The most popular event of the race is the competition of Chundan Vallams . Hence the...
  
  
• Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
  Champakulam Moolam Boat Race
  The Champakulam Moolam Boat Race is the oldest and most popular vallam kali in Kerala state of south India. The race is held on the river Pampa on Moolam day of the Malayalam month Midhunam, the day of the installation of the deity at the Ambalappuzha Sree Krishna Temple.-The legend:It is said...
  
  
• Aranmula Uthrattadi Vallamkali
• Payippad Jalotsavam
• Kumarakom Boat Race
• Kallada Boat Race
  Kallada Boat Race
  The Kallada Jalotsavam is a popular Vallam Kali held on the Kallada River at Munroe Thuruthu on 28 days after Onam in Indian state of Kerala.The boat race is conducted along the straight portion of Kallada River...