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Women playing Kabaddi in Tamil Nadu. Kabaddi is the state sport of Tamil Nadu. The word "kabaddi" is derived from the Tamil word "kai-pudi"(கைபிடி) meaning "to hold hands". [1] [2] It is also known as sadu-gudu. It is an ancient contact sport whose origins can be traced back to about 4000 years ago during the Mahabharata period ...
In Tamil Nadu, the southern state of India, there exists a cultural practice akin to the club exercises known as Karalakattai. This tradition encompasses 64 distinct types of swings and exercises designed to target various muscles and body parts.
Children performing juggling as part of the International Jugglers' Association supported Mobile Mini Circus for Children. Juggling is a physical skill, performed by a juggler, involving the manipulation of objects for recreation, entertainment, art or sport. The most recognizable form of juggling is toss juggling. Juggling can be the ...
Sri Ramachandra Centre for Sports Science is a sporting facility located in Chennai.It is a centre approved by the cricket's governing body International Cricket Council to conduct bowling trials specifically with the intention of monitoring the bowling action of the bowlers and to ascertain a clarity and thought process on whether the bowlers can make themselves avaliable again for selections ...
Jallikattu (or Sallikkattu), also known as Eru Taḻuvuṭal and Manju-virattu, [2] is a traditional event in which a zebu bull (Bos indicus), such as the Pulikulam [3] or Kangayam breeds, [4] is released into a crowd of people, and many people attempt to grab the large hump on the bull's back with both arms and hang on to it while the bull attempts to escape.
Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) is the body working under the ministry responsible for implementing the same. [2] Tamil Nadu Physical Education and Sports University (TNPESU), established in 2005, was the first sports university by any state government in India and works on development of physical education and sports. [ 3 ]
Representations of juggling in the Middle Ages may be found in illuminated manuscripts in the British Museum. One manuscript (Cotton MS. Tib. C. vi, folio 30 v. [24]), from an eleventh century book on the life of Christ, shows an attendant of King David juggling three balls with his right hand and three knives with his left. [25]
Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language—the state's official language and one of the longest surviving classical languages of the world.