The Government of India through its “Khelo India” is trying to revive and improve the sports culture in the country. Sports not only builds the body but also brings discipline, resilience, and confidence among the players. Sports, especially wrestling, were also close to my father, later Sri M Mukesh Goud’s heart. Malla Yuddha was a befitting tribute to my father and a way to further the government’s vision to promote sports in the country. I am happy that through, Sreshth Foundation, we were able to organize Malla Yuddha on a grand scale where more than 650 wrestlers from the entire Telangana. I was also delighted to see that there was fair participation from girls and hope that we see greater or more participation from girls in these sports in the years to come. Sreshth Foundation has also taken up other programmes like strengthening Anganvadis, WASH (Water, Sanitation, Health & Hygiene) for girls’ schools, digital literacy for students and community and, science labs for government schools. I am thankful to all the benefactors who came forward to support Malla Yuddha as well as all other activities of Sreshth Foundation. Sreshth Foundation is a firm believer of nation building and we hope to reach out to enhance our work across geographies as well as across various target groups.
Mulla Vikram Goud, Trustee
Malla Yuddha Reviving an ancient sport
Sports is known to not only improve physical health but is also an activity that builds personality by inculcating skills and values like leadership, team spirit, resilience, endurance, discipline, and respect. “Malla Yuddha” is the traditional form of combat-wrestling originating in India. It is closely related to Southeast Asian wrestling styles such as ‘Naban’ and is one of the two ancestors of ‘Kushti’. Indian wrestling is described in the 13th century ‘Malla Purana’.
Sreshth Foundation, with this objective in mind, organized ‘4-day Shri Mukesh Goud Memorial Sports Championships’ to promote an ancient Indian sport, Malla-Yuddha. Malla Yuddha Championship The championship was held for the first time in India at Hyderabad, Telangana in memory of late Shri Mukesh Goud, former minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and, also an avid wrestler himself. He was a great supporter of sporting events, especially wrestling. Shri Vikram Goud, Founder, Sreshth Foundation and BJP Youth leader from Hyderabad decided to host the championships to promote and revive this ancient sport in the city. Malla Yuddha is barely practiced today, and this championship was organized in a hope that youth will take up this sport for all round body and mind development. The success of this event is hoped to be replicated in other Indian states within the framework of the Central Government’s ‘Khelo India’ programme, which has been introduced to revive sports culture in India at the grass-root level by building a strong framework for all sports played in our country and establish India as a great sporting nation.
The Championship Story
The championship was organized in February 9-12, 2023, at the prestigious and well-known Lal Bahadur Stadium. Youth girls and boys, from across Telangana participated in large number. From a total of 658 participants, 86 participants were from outside Hyderabad, mainly from Mahbubnagar, Warangal, Adilabad, Medak, Nizamabad, and Karimnagar. The rest of the participation was from across various parts of Hyderabad. Close to 100 girls also participated in the event.
The Luminaries @ the Event
Smt D K Aruna BJP National Vice President and Former Minister
Dr K Laxman MP BJP Parliamentary Board Member, BJP OBC Morcha National President
Shri Etela Rajender BJP NEC Member, MLA, Former Minister
Shri Racha Srinivas Org. Secretary, Swadeshi Jagran Manch
Smt Sunita Kumar Founder, MAA ENT Group
Prizes
Prizes were given to 63 members in 20 categories from 82-120 kg for Senior Title and 60-70 kg category for the Women’s title along with men’s senior, women’s senior, under-17 and under- 15. A total prize money of over 35 lakhs were given away for the podium finish participants in the men’s and women’s category.
Winner!
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