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Kerala State Lotteries is a lottery programme run by the Government of Kerala. Established in 1967, under the lottery department of the Government of Kerala, it is the first of its kind in India. In 1967 all private lotteries were banned and the Government of Kerala started the Kerala State Lotteries.
Onam is a "popular major Hindu festival in Kerala", states Christine Frost, but one that is also celebrated by other communities with "much zest alongside Hindus". [34] The festival is celebrated in BECs (Basic Ecclesial communities) in Trivandrum with local rituals, according to Latin Catholic Bishop [ 35 ] Selvister Ponnumuthan. [ 36 ]
The President's Trophy Boat Race is a popular boat race held on the Ashtamudi lake in Kollam city on 1 November every year. [1] The day marks the birth of the Indian state of Kerala, known as Kerala Piravi. This is the most popular of the races to be held during the season of the harvest festival, Onam, in Autumn on Ashtamudi Lake in Kollam.
In November 2022, Powerball set a record for the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, with its 8 November 2022 draw having an estimated jackpot of US$2 billion. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] The precursor to legal lotteries were the underground " numbers game " of the 1800s, which operated out of "Policy shops" where bettors choose numbers.
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race is an annual vallam kali held in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, India. Vallam Kali or Vallamkaliy 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 (snake boats).
9 Nov – A video of an Islamic cleric performing Fatiha Jalana' ritual (blowing air into the first plate of food to make it holy before serving it to guests) surfaces in Twitter as cleric spitting into food to make it Halal. This sparked controversy that halal food served in Kerala is 'spit food and started a hate campaign in Social media.
The Kerala School Sports Meet 2024 (Malayalam: കേരള സ്കൂൾ കായികമേള 2024), marked the first edition of the revamped Kerala State School Athletics and Games, which were held annually until 2023. [1] The event was held in Kochi from November 4 to 11.
2 November - Four sanitation workers of Indian Railways got killed after they were hit by Kerala Express while working on Bharathappuzha bridge near Shoranur. [86] 5 November - Kerala Police carries out a politically motivated search over false allegations on a hotel room in Palakkad where Indian National Congress were staying for bypoll ...