Wrestlers take a mid day break at the roadside orange juice cart parked outside the entrance to the akhara. Devotees to this discipline are much reverred and respected in Indian communities, relating them to the Hindu diety of extreme strength, Hanuman, a fearless warrior.

 
 
   
 
 
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