Nishant Shetty Completes Kambala Run Of 143m In Just 13.61 Seconds & Breaks Srinivas Gowda Record
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Nishant Shetty Completes Kambala Run Of 143m In Just 13.61 Seconds & Breaks Srinivas Gowda Record

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Another Kambala runner Nishant Shetty recorded 143m in 13.68 seconds. If calculated for 100m he clocks it in 9.51 seconds. His speed is faster than Srinivasa Gowda who recently clocked 9.55 seconds.

On Sunday, Nishant Shetty from Bajagoli Jogibettu set a new record at Soorya-Chandra Jodukare Kambala at Venoor by covering 100 metres in 9.51 seconds.

Recently Srinivasa Gowda was felicitated by the chief minister and the government granted him 3 lakh rupees as an award for his performance.

Kambala involves a jockey driving a pair of buffaloes across a paddy field. The sport has been popular in villages of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada and Kasargod in Kerala for centuries. It is an annual buffalo mud race conducted by various religious and social organisation in the coastal part of Karnataka. Buffaloes are reared and owned by wealthy landlord who participate in the race for prestige and prize. Buffalo jockeys are farmland workers who take up this job as the agricultural activity is low in this season.

The race has traditionally been sponsored by the Tuluva, an ethnic group native to Southern India. While not in the news much, the Tuluva have been demanding national language status for Tulu and even a separate state for themselves called Tulu Nadu, but the movement have been subdued for a while.

The Kambala season generally starts in November and goes until March. Special Kambala Associations are formed to conduct the races. There are currently 18 such associations. Over 45 races are held annually in coastal Karnataka.

The Kambala racetrack is a slushy paddy field, and the buffaloes are driven by a farmer. Traditional Kambala was non-competitive, and the pair was run one by one. In modern Kambala, the contest generally takes place between two pairs of buffaloes. In villages such as Vandaro and Choradi, there is also a ritualistic aspect, as farmers race their buffaloes to give thanks for protecting them from diseases. Historically, the winning pair of buffaloes was rewarded with coconuts and bananas. Today, winning owners earn gold and silver coins. Some organising committees award an eight-gram gold coin as first prize. In some competitions, cash prizes are awarded.

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