Uru, also known as Fat Boat in English, is a type of dhow made in Beypore, Kerala, in the southwestern coast of India.
Uru is a boat with an ancient design
This boom had been originally built in Beypore, Kerala, India
Dhow is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically sporting long thin hulls, dhows are trading vessels primarily used to carry heavy items, such as fruit, fresh water, or other heavy merchandise, along the coasts of Eastern Arabia, East Africa, Yemen and coastal South Asia. Larger dhows have crews of approximately thirty and smaller ones typically around twelve.
A dhow in the Indian Ocean, near the islands of Zanzibar on the Swahili coast
Fishermen's dhows moored at Dubai in 2014
A Shu'ai in the Persian Gulf
Dhow seen off the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania