Alappuzha hosts the Nehru Trophy Boat Race on Punnamada Lake, the largest snake-boat race in Kerala.
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Vihaya Events in Alappuzha — at a glance
Vihaya Events is an affordable event ticketing platform used by organisers in Alappuzha, Kerala, where the events calendar peaks august–September, around Onam and the boat-race season. The city regularly hosts Nehru Trophy Boat Race, Champions Boat League, Alappuzha Beach Festival, and organisers run boat races, backwater events, cultural events at venues such as Punnamada Lake and Alappuzha Beach, alongside campus events at TKM Institute of Technology and SD College Alappuzha. As of 2026-08-26, free events pay nothing and paid events carry a 1.75–4.5% platform fee, with UPI checkout via Razorpay, QR check-in, and payouts on request inside about 2 working days.
Last updated: 2026-08-26
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What Alappuzha organisers actually run — august–September, around Onam and the boat-race season.
August–September, around Onam and the boat-race season.
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is the year’s single largest ticketed event — the 72nd edition on 22 August 2026 at Punnamada Lake, held by tradition on the second Saturday of August, with pavilion seating sold by tier and viewing spots along the bank. Other vallam kali races fill the surrounding weeks through the Onam season. It is a stadium-shaped problem on water: numbered pavilion tickets, timed entry and a crowd that arrives in one wave.
Vihaya Events is not affiliated with these events — they are listed to show the kind of programming Alappuzha supports.
Boat-race seating is sold in tiered pavilions and demand is concentrated into a single day — build tiered pricing and a hard capacity per pavilion, not a general-admission model.
3 institutions whose unions and organising committees run ticketed events in Alappuzha:
Where Alappuzha events actually happen, from Punnamada Lake downwards:
Boat-race seating is sold in tiered pavilions and demand is concentrated into a single day — build tiered pricing and a hard capacity per pavilion, not a general-admission model.
Six questions, answered for Alappuzha specifically. Last updated 2026-08-26.
Alappuzha’s calendar peaks august–September, around Onam and the boat-race season. Set your event up before it does — about two minutes, and a free event costs nothing to run.