Cheer for the athletes at the Rural Olympics

Where: In Ludhiana, Punjab

The Kila Raipur Sports Festival is as desi as it gets, complete with loud Punjabi music and zealous crowds. With hundreds of villagers flocking to the Grewal Stadium in Ludhiana to compete in bullock cart races, kabaddi, kite flying, guli danda, tug-of-wars, wresting and what have you, the fervour is no less than what you’d see at the actual Olympics. One dusty and adrenaline-charged event, the Rural Olympics is your crash-course in the indigenous sports of India.

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