sport

sport · village

The rural life consisting of several villages in India have a very monotonous, dull life with a very predictable routine.

sport · music

Yolane Kukla wins Women's 50m Freestyle Swimming during Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010. The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.

sport · music

Liam Tancock wins Men's 100m Backstroke Swimming during Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010. The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.

sport · river

A group of boys dives into the pong Dam river to beat the heat. Situated in in the state of Himachal Pradesh, Pong Dam which is also known as Bean Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River.

sport · music

Rebecca Adlington wins gold, Wendy Anne Trott wins silver and Melissa Gorman wins bronze at Women's 800m Freestyle Swimming during Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010.

Uttar Pradesh·river · sport

A group of local boys dive into a river in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, during a recreational swimming session. The boys take turns jumping from the riverbank into the water and swimming near the shore.

sport · river

Geeta Phogat is a freestyle wrestler who won India's first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010. She is also the first Indian female wrestler to have qualified for the Olympic Summer Games.

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Pehlwani or kushti is a form of wrestling from South Asia. It was developed in the Mughal era through a synthesis of the malla-yuddha form of wrestling in South Asia and the Iranian Varzesh-e Bastani.

festival · sport

Country mud wrestling at the Arki Sair mela in Himachal's Solan and nearby districts.

sport · festival

Manipuri lads in full action at Mukna competition during Sangai Festival in Manipur. Manipuri wrestling is another highly popular and prestigious game played among the Manipuris. The game enjoyed royal patronage in the olden times.

Chhattisgarh·sport · village

Kid's wrestling competition at the Rural Olympics at Kila Raipur in the Indian state of Punjab. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.

sport · festival

Manipuri lads in full action at Mukna competition during Sangai Festival in Manipur. Manipuri wrestling is another highly popular and prestigious game played among the Manipuris. The game enjoyed royal patronage in the olden times.

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Indian style wrestling or Kushti in an Akhara or wrestling arena in Delhi. Kusti is India's traditional wrestling on soil.

sport · festival

Participants take part in a wrestling competition and test their strength at Hornbill Festival in Nagaland, India.

sport · festival

This sport is played alongside many other small competitions at the Hornbill festival. The opponents try to drag each other down by holding the opponent by the belt just like in Sumo.

sport · festival

The most popular sport in the state of Nagaland by far, is an indigenous form of wrestling. Seen here are wrestlers in a bout at the Hornbill Naga Wrestling competition 2012...

sport · festival

This sport is played alongside many other small competitions at the Hornbill festival. The opponents try to drag each other down by holding the opponent by the belt just like in Sumo.

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The Naga youth had a great time at the Fest,the referee announces the name of the winner after the final round of the arm wrestling competition at the 50th Naga Fest'13-Delhi.

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Kusti is India's traditional wrestling on soil. This ancient sport used to hold great importance in Indian societies of the past, its popularity over the recent years however, has dwindled tremendously.

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Enjoying arm wrestling at the Naga Fest'13. The game was for both men and women and the crowd seems really delight watching the home game.

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Pehlwani or kushti is a form of wrestling from South Asia. It was developed in the Mughal era through a synthesis of the malla-yuddha form of wrestling in South Asia and the Iranian Varzesh-e Bastani.

sport · festival

Manipuri lads in full action at Mukna competition during Sangai Festival in Manipur. Manipuri wrestling is another highly popular and prestigious game played among the Manipuris. The game enjoyed royal patronage in the olden times.

sport · hills

Wrestling championship was a part of Hornbill Festival, Naga Heritage village. Wrestling is an indigenous game of the Naga tribes. Nagaland, 'The Land of Festivals' and the warm Naga people, lies in the North Eastern part of India.