• The Sports Ministry has approved the inclusion of four   Indigenous Games to be a part of Khelo India Youth Games 2021, scheduled to take place in    Haryana.

The four selected games represent different parts of the country.

• Kalaripayattu has its origin from Kerala and has practitioners all over the world;
• Mallakhamba, meanwhile, has been well-known across India and Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have been the hotspots of this sport.
• Gatka originates from the State of Punjab and this traditional fighting style of the    Nihang Sikh Warriors is used both as self-defense as well as a sport.
• Thang-Ta, a Manipur marital art has passed into oblivion in the recent decades