Excelsior Sports Correspondent
KATRA, Apr 5: The 26th Dera Kesari Vishal Dangal 2017 is going to be held on April 12, 2017 at Dera Baba Banda Bahadur in Reasi.
The Dangal is being organized on the eve of Baisakhi Festival in the memory of great Saint, Warrior and Martyr Baba Banda Bahadur Ji.
The decision for organizing the said Vishal Dangal was taken in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Shiv Kumar Sharma, President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association and Joint Secretary J&K State Sports Council.
The members who attended the meeting were Baba Jatinder Pal Singh Sodhi (Gaddi Nashin) Dera Baba Banda Bahadur and Baba Bahadur Sikh Samardai, Malik Ram Lubhaya Paruthi (Chairman) Sant Kumar Juneja (President), VP Makar, Sanjay Kumar and Mohan Singh.
The Vishal Dangal is being organized by Dera Baba Banda Bahadur Parbandhak Committee and Baba Banda Bahadur Sikh Samudai in association with J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
About 60-65 wrestlers from within and outside the State are going to take part in the Vishal Dangal.
Sharma said J&K wrestlers from Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur, Roun-Domail, Ramnagar, Bahmag, Reasi, Jhajjar Kotli, BSF, JKP and Jindrah have confirmed their entries while from outside, the wrestlers from Amritsar, Jallandhar, UP, Ludhiana and Dera Baba Nanak are likely to participate in the Vishal Dangal.
Meanwhile, the interested wrestlers of Jammu region or outside the State can still submit their entries for participation with Shiv Kumar Sharma.
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