A wrestler showers himself with mud from the wrestling pit Unlike conventional wrestling matches played on mats with regulated draws, India's "mud wrestling" is more raw Young wrestlers rest as they ...

In this photograph taken on April 30, 2025, junior wrestlers train at the Shree Shahu Vijayi Gangavesh Talim, a residential gymnasium in Kolhapur, in India's Maharashtra state. [AFP] Crowds cheer as ...

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Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India. "When we fight, we sweat," said 33-year-old Mauli Jamdade, ...

A playful mud fight turns into a wrestling challenge as participants dive, slip, and roll through the mud, creating a messy but entertaining showdown filled with energy, laughter, and action, where ...

Crowds cheer as muscular men in tight loincloths slap sacred scented soil on their bulging thighs and arms for a mud wrestling bout in India. "When we fight, we sweat," said 33-year-old Mauli Jamdade, ...