The traditional Salana Chhinj (Annual Dangal) was celebrated with great enthusiasm and spiritual fervour at the sacred shrine ...

Muscular wrestlers battle in an ancient tradition that blends Indian combat styles with Mughal-era martial arts.

A young wrestler Vipan of Heri Akhara Raiwal, district Sonipat, Haryana, clinched the 14th Annual Panya (Akhnoor) Dangal ...

traditional kushti (wrestling) matches, countryside kids playing football on a dusty street, tribal men learning the English language, a girl from Gilgit-Baltistan playing Rubab (a lute-like ...

This kushti pit, where Punjab’s traditional wrestling takes place, is one of the last in Lahore, Pakistan’s second-largest city. “Without government support, arenas have been shutting down ...

At its centre lay a patch of wet mud. Soon, a few boys appeared—wearing only boxers. Two of them stepped into the mud and began a kushti (traditional wrestling) match, as the crowd erupted in cheers. ...

This style of wrestling, known as "kushti" or "dangal", has millennia-old roots but emerged during the period of India's Mughal rulers in the 16th century, blending traditional hand-to-hand combat ...

Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India.

All three of them wrestled in the akharas during their teenage days — this, perhaps, is evidence to Bengal’s rich culture of kushti, a sport now dominated by Punjab and Haryana. In 2025, Bengal’s ...

SLO MO - Two male Indian wrestlers engage in traditional Kushti wrestling on a mud arena. They exhibit strength and technique, grappling in minimal attire as spectators surround the competitive scene.