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interest to know that chundan vallom or snak6-boat is about 103 feet in length. Its prow
is about 5 feet above water level and the stern about 18 feet. In a boat there will be
four helmsmen, 100 rowers and 25 singers singing Vanchipattu or boat-songs. After the feat there is an elaborate feast in the temple popularly
known as vallasadya which is arranged by devotees as offering to the god.
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