India might not get the chance to host the Olympics but an Indian State every year host the Rural Olympics. Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.
Kila Raipur Sports Festival was started by the founder of Grewal Sports Association,Inder Singh Grewal way back in 1930 to encourage local youths of Kila Raipur and surrounding areas to participate in sports and recreational activities that could keep them fit and healthy.
The Raipur Sports Festival is held in February every year at the Grewal Sports Stadium at Kila Raipur which is situated 11 km from Ludhiana. The three-day festival includes about 50 events, made up of both established sport disciplines and some truly queer village pursuits not seen in any other part of the world. This uncommon mix is the secret for the soaring success of this event.
The events at the Festival are roughly divided into three sections. The rural games section includes events such as wrestling, tug of war, kabaddi, weight lifting, tent pegging, paragliding, horse racing, and even some odd events like handling tractor trolley. The modern sports section includes modern day events like athletics, volleyball, football, handball, cycling and many others. The third section is called performing sports and includes events that require extraordinary skills on the part of participants. These include sit-ups, twisting a rod placed on one’s throat, heavy stone-cracking by placing it on the chest, pushing a tractors using only one’s legs, picking three to four bicycles using teeth, riding two horses simultaneously and much more.
The boisterous running commentary provided in Punjabi adds to rustic feel of the festival. Events like dog races, bullock cart races, tractor races and animals like bulls and dogs combating animatedly send the crowd into raptures as they keep egging the competitors, of the two-legged and the four-legged variety, to outperform others.
Images of Some Mind Blowing Games in Rural Olympics
Test of dental strength
Show of Strength
A man shows off his stunts on a motorbike
Runners took part in the over 80 race
Source :
Raipur Sports Festival
Kila Raipur Sports Festival
Being run over by a tractor, carrying bricks with your teeth and cow chariot racers: Fascinating pictures of India's bizarre Rural Olympics
Kila Raipur Sports Festival was started by the founder of Grewal Sports Association,Inder Singh Grewal way back in 1930 to encourage local youths of Kila Raipur and surrounding areas to participate in sports and recreational activities that could keep them fit and healthy.
The Raipur Sports Festival is held in February every year at the Grewal Sports Stadium at Kila Raipur which is situated 11 km from Ludhiana. The three-day festival includes about 50 events, made up of both established sport disciplines and some truly queer village pursuits not seen in any other part of the world. This uncommon mix is the secret for the soaring success of this event.
The events at the Festival are roughly divided into three sections. The rural games section includes events such as wrestling, tug of war, kabaddi, weight lifting, tent pegging, paragliding, horse racing, and even some odd events like handling tractor trolley. The modern sports section includes modern day events like athletics, volleyball, football, handball, cycling and many others. The third section is called performing sports and includes events that require extraordinary skills on the part of participants. These include sit-ups, twisting a rod placed on one’s throat, heavy stone-cracking by placing it on the chest, pushing a tractors using only one’s legs, picking three to four bicycles using teeth, riding two horses simultaneously and much more.
The boisterous running commentary provided in Punjabi adds to rustic feel of the festival. Events like dog races, bullock cart races, tractor races and animals like bulls and dogs combating animatedly send the crowd into raptures as they keep egging the competitors, of the two-legged and the four-legged variety, to outperform others.
Images of Some Mind Blowing Games in Rural Olympics
Test of dental strength
Show of Strength
A man shows off his stunts on a motorbike
Runners took part in the over 80 race
Source :
Raipur Sports Festival
Kila Raipur Sports Festival
Being run over by a tractor, carrying bricks with your teeth and cow chariot racers: Fascinating pictures of India's bizarre Rural Olympics
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