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THIRUVANANTHAPUAM, INDIA, September 2, 2004: A spectacular boat pageantry along the six-km stretch of Karamana river in Kerala capital today provided a feast for eyes of thousands, including a good number of foreigners. Coinciding with the Onam week celebrations, the annual mega event, which the organizers claimed was one of the biggest in the world, was flagged off from Karamana river. Scores of catamarans, snake and country boats took part in the event. The organizers were making every effort to ensure that the boat festival figures in the Guinness Book of World Records. Photographs would be sent to their authorities to stake claim as the biggest annual event, local Jalolsavam Committee Chairman Thiruvallam Bhasi said. The present biggest one in the world was being held in the Philippines along a 3.5-km stretch. The Jalolsavan, the only major water festival here, attracted a huge crowd till the finishing point at Thiruvallam where the country’s only temple to Lord Parasurama is located.

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