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Atop the single-storey terrace in the middle of Goripalayam, 25-year-old Kalaiselvi and 18-year-old Sangeetha strike their swords with seething rage. At lightning speed, they both swirl and strike ...

Puducherry's K Pajanivel, a master practitioner of Silambam, has been awarded the Padma Shri for his decades-long ...

When Aishwarya Manivannan wanted to learn silambam a decade or so ago, she struggled to find a class in the city. “At that point, not many people knew about it,” says the Chennai-based artist and ...

Pajanivel has also trained several students free of cost and has promoted Silambam through demonstrations, performances, and ...

The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday designated ‘Silambam’ as one of the games to be included for the 3% sports quota recruitment in government departments and public sector undertakings (PSUs). The ...

DHARMAPURI: In the twilight of the 18th century, as the British Empire tightened its grip on India, a shadow fell upon the ancient martial art of silambam. Fearing the prowess of skilled Tamil ...

The martial art is quite sought-after among the young generation It was a visual treat for all those who had gathered at the Kumaraguru College of Technology last weekend. Around 1,000 silambam ...

K Pajanivel, a 53-year-old Silambam practitioner from Puducherry, will receive the Padma Shri for his efforts in popularizing the ancient Tamil martial art globally.

THE exclusion of the traditional Indian martial art of Silambam from Sukma Games 2026 has left the sport’s exponents disappointed, Malaysia Nanban reported. Silambam has long been part of Indian and ...

A man standing in a snow-filled football field, wielding a stick as he practises Silambam in sync with Vaathi Coming song, makes for an unusual sight. A man standing in a snow-filled football field, ...