Beypore Uru

Recently, the District Tourism Promotion Council, Kozhikode has applied for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the famous Beypore Uru (boat).

About Beypore Uru

  • It is a wooden dhow (ship / sailing boat / sailing vessel) handcrafted by skilled artisans and carpenters in Beypore, Kerala.
  • The Beypore Urus is purely made of premium wood, without using any modern techniques.
  • The wood used to build the Uru is still sawed the traditional way which requires immense expertise.
  • It takes anywhere between 1-4 years to build each Uru and the entire process is done manually.
  • This traditional handicraft has been in existence for 2000 years.

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