Kerala palliyodam vs Bangladesh terracotta relief sculptures #comparison
#Palliyodams are Aranmula’s unique snake boat (Chundan Vallam) Race are the oldest riverboat fiesta in Kerala held during #Onam (August–September). It takes place at Aranmula, near a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Krishna and Arjuna (Parthasarathi). These Palliyodams belong to different Karas (rustic parts) on the banks of river #Pampa.The boat-race normally takes place during the Uthrattathi Star of Malayalam calendar month “Chingam”.These snake boats or 'chundanvallam' are up to 100 feet long and bring the serene backwaters to life. People go to these events in large numbers to watch these palliyodam ( #snake_boats ) move in pairs which go head to head in rhythm to the old boat songs sung in full volume which attracts a lot of tourists every year to Kerala during onam.
As like as kerala The topography of Bengal and the rivers #Ganga and #Brahmaputra traverse the region with many tributaries and branches, Thus a transport system emerged using different boats for navigation on the rivers and its canals. These boats then got captured on ₹terracotta depictions by the craftsmens which looks like the palliyodams used in the Kerala region these boats have the prow with the structure of the head of the crocodile,elephant and peacock. Some boats have dragon-heads too. I had compared the terracotta relief boats shown in #Kantanagar Temple. It is an eighteenth century brick temple, situated in the peaceful island hamlet of Kantanagar Kantanagar, about 12 miles north of Dinajpur town in Bangladesh which looks similar as Kerala's unique traditional Palliyodams or snake boats (Chundan Vallam).
-- Ramu.Rm.N
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