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Varanasi वाराणसी
Uttar Pradesh · Akhara tradition
Varanasi's akharas along the ghats of the Ganges are among the oldest continuously practised wrestling traditions in India.
Wrestling in Varanasi is closely tied to the city's ghats, where akharas have trained wrestlers for generations as part of a broader tradition of physical culture connected to religious and civic life along the river.