In India, a traditional form of ancient wrestling, known as ‘kushti’, has been practiced for some 3,000 years. The ‘Akhara’ is a wrestling school where men in their 20’s and 30’s dedicate their life ...

In this Nov. 20, 2017 photo, Indian kushti wrestlers fight in the ring, during their daily training at an akhada, a kind of wrestling hostel at Sabzi Mandi, in New Delhi, India. Like many traditions ...

Indian kushti wrestlers prepare the ground for a training session at Guru Hanuman Akhada. It’s one of the oldest akhada, a kind of wrestling hostel, at Sabzi Mandi in New Delhi. Kushti wrestling faces ...

A solo exhibition by visual artist and photographer Jayesh Sharma, titled Rituals of Impermanence, opened at Nine Fish Art ...

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Sangram Singh Foundation launched the first K.D. Jadhav Memorial International Kushti Championship here on Friday to pay tribute to the country’s first individual Olympic ...

An ancient form of wrestling is dying out in India because it requires men to become celibate and avoid alcohol and tobacco. Kushti wrestlers train for twelve hours a day and the sport recruits boys ...

Wearing nothing but loincloths, a group of boys warm up by climbing sturdy ropes that take them high into the trees. One teenager walks around the wrestling pit swirling incense, blessing the arena ...

Why is wrestling so important to you? In kushti, the body and the mind is fully trained for alertness. It requires the player to be completely disciplined. If he indulges in other worldly pleasures he ...

Sangram's focus is now on the first match of his Champions' Pro Kushti in Mohali on February 6 - an initiative backed by South Africa-based World Wrestling Professionals (WWP). Sangram's focus is now ...

Mohali, Feb 7: Champion’s Pro Kushti’s inaugural match got off to a thrilling start with local favourite and international wrestler Sangram Singh beating American Robbie E 17-6. The bout held at ...

India may have rediscovered wrestling as a ‘national sport’ this week. But it doesn’t seem to be the same sport that got us an Olympic bronze. And the government is surely not its cheerleader, Amitava ...

Kushti is a style of mud-clay wrestling that dates to the time when Mughal emperors held sway over a vast fertile plateau in western India. In Kolhapur, a prosperous agricultural city, boys as young ...