A three-day International Surfing Festival, organised by the Department of Tourism, will get under way on the Varkala-Edava Beach on March 29.
Actor and surfing athlete Sudev Nair will inaugurate the event at 7 a.m. This is the first International Surfing Festival to be held in the country this year.
As many as 100 domestic and foreign contestants will be part of the event which will conclude on March 31. The event is being organised in association with the International Surfing Association, Kerala Adventure Tourism Promotion Society (KATPS), District Tourism Promotion Council (DTPC), and the Surfing Federation of India.