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Generation by generation

The ancient city of India "Varanashi" is famous for the tradition of practicing the wrestling on mud-bed from hundred years. There are many "akhada" which means the group of wrestlers in the city. But with few years, the trend of practicing wrestling is going down due to increasing trend of multi equipped gym in the city. Under this situation, two wrestler are giving the training of wrestling to their son as it is a tradition by generation.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2015
Date Uploaded: 11.2015
Photo Location: Varanashi, India
Camera: NIKON D7000
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