{"id":34108,"date":"2022-12-02T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T23:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=34108"},"modified":"2022-12-02T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:22:57","slug":"kabaddi-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/kabaddi-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabaddi: Origins, History, And How It Became India\u2019s Fastest Growing Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Friday October 7, 2022, saw the launch of the VIVO\nPro Kabaddi League\u2019s (PKL) ninth season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dabang Deli began their title defense with a\nresounding victory over U Mumba at the Sree Kanteerava\nStadium in Bengaluru. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As always with professional kabaddi, the match was\nexciting, the player\u2019s uniforms were colorful, and a TV audience that numbered\nin the millions tuned in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The version of\nkabaddi played by Dabang Deli, U Mumba and the other 10 teams that compete in\nthe PKL is one that has become known by players and fans around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the blaring\nspeakers and bright lights often mean people forget about the sport\u2019s rich, rural\nhistory. A history which started over 4,000 years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exact date\nand place of kabaddi\u2019s invention is a mystery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, most\npeople can agree that the sport was first played between 4,000-5,000 years ago\nin Tamil Nadu, one of India\u2019s southernmost states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some suggest\nthe game was created as a way of training people how to attack and defend in groups for both fighting and hunting purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Others believe kabaddi was inspired by ancient, epic poems that told\nstories about war and battlefield heroics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Either way, it\u2019s a well-known fact that kabaddi was – and is – a hugely\npopular pastime throughout South Asia, especially in India, Iran and\nBangladesh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most regions within these countries had their own, slightly different version of the game, many of which are still played today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n