1. When did Kila Raipur Sports initiate?
2. Which are the rural games played in Kila Raipur
Sports Festival?
3. What are the modern sports played in Kila Raipur
Sports Festival?
4. Which countries did take part in the Kila Raipur Sports?
5. When did the women sports include for the first time in kila
Raipur Sports?
6. What is special about Kila Raipur Sports Festival?
Answers
Qila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Qila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India.[1][2] Competitions are held for major Punjabi rural sports, include cart-race, athletic events and rope pulling.
In February each year, Ludhiana becomes the destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts, including foreigners. They come to Qila Raipur to see the special breed of bullocks, camels, dogs, mules and other animals competing in competitive events. The most prestigious winners have attended. In the year of the Olympics 2008, Hakam and Naib Singh Nagrath from village Kalsian, Punjab took the 1st place prize. They also won first in gujjaral and phalewal. They are known in Punjab as the men who hold the greatest passion in the sport.[3][4]