The photographer and director is releasing his debut photo book, which captures Mumbai’s teenagers practising the ancient art of mallakhamb Teenagers can be uncomfortable in front of the camera at the ...

Watch 25-year-old Komal Patil practice mallakhamb — a demanding, traditional martial art, performed with the aid of a stationary pole — and she makes it seem effortless. With 75 per cent visual ...

MUMBAI: Shardul Vaishali Hrishikesh from Mumbai has been invited by the Mallakhamb Federation of Japan to perform the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Feb. 6, 2019, photo, players perform on a mallakhamb pole at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, ...

Even those only vaguely familiar with traditional gymnastics must appreciate the stamina and athleticism that goes into such grueling routines, whether it's men on the rings or women on the uneven ...

Rope Mallakhamb is a variation of the traditional form of Mallakhamb (gymnastic exercises on a pole). It started in the 1970s and was fashioned with women in mind. Using a rope suspended from a tall ...

Derived from two Marathi words “Malla”, which means wrestler, and “Khamb” meaning pole, Mallakhamb is an ancient traditional sport that originated in Maharashtra in the 17th century. Unlike other ...

A team of students from the Thulasigeri Government High School of Bagalkot, called Chanala Troupes, came out with a mesmerizing 'mallakhamb' performance at the Chamundivihar stadium here in Mysore.

The traditional sport of mallakhamb, a mix of yoga, gymnastics and acrobatics, is dying a slow death in Odisha. But its popularity gradually declined later. Then the State Mallakhamb Association (SMA) ...

Mumbai: India emerged as winners in the team event at the first Mallakhamb World Championship that concluded here on Sunday. The two-day tournament was held at Shivaji Park in central Mumbai, in which ...

For the students of Kamala Mehta School for the Blind, 9 am on Wednesdays and Fridays is Mallakhamb time. Twenty-four girls at the Dadar school walk to the second floor gymnasium to learn the art from ...