Having faced stiff resistance when they tried to register an 'akhara' for transgender persons 10 years ago, the tent of their sect at the ongoing Maha Kumbh is now flooded with pilgrims queuing up ...

A poster on a wall with information on a wrestling ... most of the people who visit the Pehlwani Akhara in Liaquat Bagh do it to stay fit. Training for the sport is difficult and requires a ...

A narrow path, again plastered with posters, leads to a shrine and a mosque at the back of the akhara that further leads to the rear gate where Goga was found sitting. “This akhara was set up by ...

Now he did multiple push-ups and sit-ups, followed by skipping and other games. At 17, he joined the akhara of bodybuilder Monotosh Roy, the first Asian to be crowned Mr Universe. Dumbell, barbel, ...

President of the apex body of Hindu monastic order, All India Akhara Parishad, on Thursday refused to recognise to newly formed transgenders' akhara as the 14th akhara of the country. Following ...

The first all-women akhara -- Shri Sarveshwar Mahadeo Vaikunthdham Muktidwar Akhara Pari - performed pattabhishek on the banks of Ganga on Thursday. A large number of devotees arriving at Sangam ...