Kila Raipur Sports Festival 2019

Kila Raipur Sports Festival, popularly known as the Rural Olympics, is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab, India. Competitions are held for major Punjabi rural sports, including cart-race, athletic events and rope pulling.

In February each year, Ludhiana becomes the destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts, including foreigners. They come to Kila Raipur to see the special breed of bullocks, camels, dogs, mules and other animals competing in competitive events. In the year of the Olympics 2008, Hakam and Naib Singh Dhaliwal from village Kalsian, Punjab took the 1st place prize. They also won first in gujjaral and phalewal. They are known in Punjab as the men who hold the greatest passion in the sport.

VENUE: Kila Raipur, Ludhiana (Punjab)

ESTIMATED VISITORS: Over 10 lacs (67% rural, 33% semi/urban)

(60% Farmers, 30% Business, 9% Others, 1% NRI)

Largest RURAL gathering in Punjab.

• Attracts wide media attention including international media.
• Majority of visitors from cash rich farm community.
• The biggest RURAL sports event in the country.

Cultural program after the sports events in the evening on all three days.