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Witness Punjab's Rural Olympics: One of India’s most prominent rural sports festival, Kila Raipur Rural Olympics is held annually in Kila Raipur (near Ludhiana), in Punjab. It is better known as the Rural Olympics. The event has gained enormous popularity over the past six decades as it attracts competitors from all over the world. When it’s February, Ludhiana turns out to be a destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts from different parts of the world. The three-day long event is participated by more than 4000 sports men and woman who are watched over by a huge crowd of 1 million spectators.

Animals such as dogs, bullocks, camels, mules are seen doing professional sport items. What attracts the most is the highly adrenaline-pumping bullock cart race, the winner of which is eligible for prize money worth around 200,000. Horse dance, dog race, camel race, tug-of-war and tractor race are some of the other interesting events. The excitement pumps up at the site of some real time actions of vigor such as pulling cars with ears or teeth, lifting bicycles with teeth, riding bicycle with burning tires and many other daredevil stunts. The festival also includes a variety of cultural festivals with leading folk singers, and Gidha players and Bhangra.

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