HERITAGE CLUB

Rich Indian Heritage games

INDIA HAS A VERY RICH HERITAGE THAN OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD. IT REMAINS THE BEST IN MANY FIELDS SUCH AS MATHEMATICS, POLITICS, ASTROLOGY, ECONOMICS, ASTRONOMY AND MAY MORE.

INDIAN CULTURE IS THE BEST CULTURE EVER KNOWN.

ABOVE ALL THESE, INDIA’S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS GAMES IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GAMING ERA, INDIA REMAINED AS A TRENDSETTER. MANY ANCIENT INDIAN GAMES WERE THE SEED FOR THE MODERN GAMES.

Now let us travel to a world of heritageous games……….

Gilli Danda: Gilli Danda is an amateur sport played in the rural areas and small towns all over India and Pakistan especially in Andhra Pradesh(known as karra billa),Tamil Nadu, Punjab, as well as Cambodia and Italy. The game is played with two sticks: a large one called a danda, which is used to hit a smaller one, the gilli.

It is interesting to know that the idea of cricket was derived from this game.

GILLI DANDA

The word Kalari means "threshing floor" or "battlefield" in Malayalam. Training for Kalaripayattu, a martial art of Kerala is traditionally done inside the Kalari. Also the past village schools of Kerala, run by the traditional astrologers families were known by the name Kalari or Ezhuthu Kalari.[1]

Every Kalari has a Puttara (meaning "platform where flowers are kept" in Malayalam). The Puttara is a seven tiered platform placed in the south-west corner and houses the guardian deity of the Kalari. The seven tiers symbolise the seven abilities that each person must possess: Vignesva (strength), Channiga (patience), Vishnu (power to command), Vadugashcha (the posture), Tadaguru (training), Kali (the expression) and Vakasta - purushu (sound). Other deities, most of them incarnations of the Bhagavathi or Shiva, are installed in the corners. Flowers, incense and water are offered to the deity every day. Before starting the day's practice, it is the norm for practitioners to pray to the deity. Not only is the Kalari a temple of learning, but it is also a temple of religious worship with a cult and ritual of its own.

This game is loved by the maximum number boys and girls; it is a funny simple and inexpensive game. It needs seven small flat stones; every stone size should be less than the other stone. Put these stones over another in decreasing order its looks like a small tower then hit it by cloths made handball form a fixed distance. Any number of people can play it. This game is also known as Pithoo in some regions of India.

SATOLIYA

Once famous as a Gully sport, kancha was favorite of many young boys in town and villages nearby. It has its own modus operandi; it is played using marbles called ‘Kancha’. The players are to hit the selected target ‘kancha’ using their own marble ball. The winner takes all Kanchas of rest of the players.

KANCA

Kho Kho is played with two 12-player teams; one team (9 players) sits on ground between two poles and the other team sends three team members. The sitting team has to catch these players before time runs out.

KHO KHO

This game has saved its identity. Even today it has been played by many children. Many national level matchers were conducted for kho kho.

DHOPKELDhopkhel, also transliterated dhop khel and dhoop khel (Assamese: ঢো��পখে�ল), is a traditional ball game played in the Indian state of Assam. The game is played between two eleven member teams on a 125m by 80m field bounded by four flags. The players take turns throwing the ball at the opponent to knock them out of the game, while seeking to catch the ball and evade other players. It is a test of speed, stamina, and acrobatic skills.[1]

THE FOLLOWING GAME WAS AN INTERSTING GAME.

YOU MAY HAVE PLAYED IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS.

YOU MAY HAVE ENJAOYED PLAYING THIS GAME.

IT IS A GAME MADE TAMIL TO FEEL PROUD.

GUESSED THE GAME ? THE GAME WAS…

KABBADDIKabbaddi is a South Asian team sport. The name is derived from the Tamil

word "kai" (hand), "pidi" (catch), which is translated into "Holding Hands".[1] Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small field and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half, in order to win points by tackling members of the opposing team; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word "Kabbaddi" during the whole raid. The raider must not cross the lobby unless he touches any of his opponents. If he does so then he will be declared as "out". There is also a bonus line which ensure extra points for the raider if he manages to touch it and return to his side of the field successfully.

Kabbaddi is a South Asian team sport. The name is derived from the Tamil word "kai" (hand), "pidi" (catch), which is translated into "Holding Hands".[1] Two teams occupy opposite halves of a small field and take turns sending a "raider" into the other half, in order to win points by tackling members of the opposing team; then the raider tries to return to his own half, holding his breath and chanting the word "Kabbaddi" during the whole raid. The raider must not cross the lobby unless he touches any of his opponents. If he does so then he will be declared as "out". There is also a bonus line which ensure extra points for the raider if he manages to touch it and return to his side of the field successfully.

This traditional game, known as Palanguli or Aluguli depending on which southern State of India  you come from,  is played on specials festive days in Southern India.

It is supposed to be a woman’s game it is usually played as a part of the festive rituals on Shivarathri and Vaikunta Ekadasi days. The game is associated  with the heroine of 'Ramayana', the Earth Goddess Sita, who while pining in captivity for her husband, Lord Rama, invents the game of Aluguli

Pallanguli

Jalli kattu

Annually, Jallikattu is held from January to July, played first in world-famous Palamedu, near Madurai on January 15 followed by "Alanganallur-jallikattu" in Alanganallur, near Madurai on 16 January. There is a specific breed of cattle bred for this purpose known as Jellicut and from the place of a big breeder Pulikulam (புலிகுளம், pulikuḷam).[1]

In May of 2014, the Supreme Court banned jallikattu and bullock cart racing in Tamil Nadu, citing animal welfare issues.[2]

THIS IS THE GAME WHICH CAUSES THE KURUKSHETRA WAR

Thayam is a popular game in India, like Chess, which is played on a board called "THAYAM" board. There is a pair of "DICE" and each player must use 3 Coins in order to play the game. Challenging nature of this game makes the players (any age group) to move their coins better than the Mobile’s movement. Very interesting game for all people as they can develop thinking.

Thayam

Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic.[1] It is played between two or more players on a gameboard having numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped or hindered by ladders and snakes respectively. The historic version had root in morality lessons, where a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes).

The term silambam derives from the Tamil word silam meaning "hill" and the Kannada word bambu from which the English "bamboo" originates. The term silambambu referred to a particular type of bamboo from the Kurinji hills in present-day Kerala. Thus silambam was named after its primary weapon, the bamboo staff. Masters are called asaan (ஆசா�ன்) while grandmasters are addressed as periyasaan (பெ�ரி யா�சான்) or iyan (ஐயான்).There are numerous styles of silambam such as nagam-16 (cobra-16), kallapathu (thieves ten), kidamuttu (goat head butting), kuravanchi, kalyanavarisai, thulukkanam, etc. The nillaikalakki discipline (from nillai meaning posture and kalakki meaning to disturb or shuffle) is the most widespread style outside India, and is most well known in Malaysia. The styles differ from one another in grip, posture, foot work, length of the stick, etc.[1] Silambam may either be practiced for the purpose of combat ( போ��ர்ச் சா�லம்�ம் por silambam) or purely for demonstration ( அலங்கா�ரிச் சா�லம்�ம் azhangara silambam).

SILAMBAM

A cockfight is a blood sport between two roosters (cocks), or more accurately gamecocks, held in a ring called a cockpit. The first documented use of the word gamecock, denoting use of the cock as to a “game”, a sport, pastime or entertainment, was recorded in 1646,[1] after the term “cock of the game” used by George Wilson, in the earliest known book on the sport of cockfighting in The Commendation of Cocks and Cock Fighting in 1607. But it was during Magellan's voyage of discovery of the Philippines in 1521 when modern cockfighting was first witnessed and documented by Antonio Pigafetta, Magellan's chronicler, in the kingdom of Taytay.

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R.Jaya Surya

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R. Siva Subramanian

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K.C. RamaneshVarun