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 ...

In India, a traditional form of wrestling known as kushti has been practiced for some 3,000 years. The tradition of wrestling in red clay pits is deeply rooted in the city of Kolhapur. At the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nagaland Traditional Belt Wrestling Association, led by its president Menuosetuo Yiese, achieved a remarkable feat at the ...

Kushti is an ancient form of wrestling practiced in India. For more than 2,000 years men known as pehlwans have wrestled in the sport, performing in a clay or dirt pit. Although the popularity of ...

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

BAHADURGARH, India (AP) — 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 ...

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