Indian Wrestling Students

Indian Wrestling Students: Indian Wrestling or Kushti is a form of combat wrestling that originated in India wherein the wrestlers practice the sport on mud and by becoming a disciple of the Akhara under a Guru who runs it. Traditionally, Akharass are places where the Pehelwans ( Those who practice wrestling ) live and train along with their Guru and learn the art of wrestling. The wrestlers consider their Akhara as a temple and their Guruji as God. Lord Hanuman, the deity of strength, is worshiped by the wrestlers, and they all practice abstinence or Brahmacharya ( celibacy ) like their deity Hanuman. Wrestling is worship to them. The wrestlers, before practicing, perform Puja ( worship ) in the practice area and dig the wrestling pit soil. Then, they seek blessings from their Guruji, and only then do they start their Kushti practice. After waking up at 4 in the morning and consuming a big glass of apple juice and some almonds, wrestlers jog for about 4 miles. Then they come to the Akhada and dig the soil. After that, their conditioning drill starts that include rope climbing, 500 Hindu pushups, a mace workout, and sparring with a partner for learning the technical part of wrestling. Here I have captured this image when the training Sessions get kicked off with elaborate warm-up routines which consist of push-ups, squats, and various other exercises with large wooden clubs.

Creator

Shreenivas Yenni

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Shreenivas Yenni is from a small town in Gangavathi, North Karnataka. He is an engineer by profession. His photography journey began in the year 2017. He is a self taught travel photographer. His passion for photography compels to make frequent travels in search of interesting topics or beautiful places to photograph. Most of his photographs are based on street life, portraits, landscapes and the beauty of nature which he has encountered during his travels.

His works published in National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Lonely Planet, History TV, Raghu Rai’s Creative Image Magazine, Smart Photography Magazine, Asian Photography Magazine, Practical Photography Magazine, Chiiz magazine, Digital Photographer, Indian Photo Arts Magazine, Nikon, 121clicks.com, HIPA Dubai and many other National and International magazines/media

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Location

Kolhapur, India

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Photography

Genre

Travel

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Documentary

Artist

Shreenivas Yenni

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6000x3875

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JPG

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