{"id":4145,"date":"2017-09-23T21:49:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T21:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=4145"},"modified":"2017-09-23T21:49:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T21:49:50","slug":"the-tradition-of-pehlawans-in-lahore-no-longer-the-grandeur-of-yesteryears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=4145","title":{"rendered":"THE TRADITION OF PEHLAWANS IN LAHORE &#8211; NO LONGER THE GRANDEUR OF YESTERYEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE TRADITION OF PEHLAWANS IN LAHORE<br \/>\nNO LONGER THE GRANDEUR OF YESTERYEARS<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4152\" style=\"width: 257px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28-Victorious-Pehlwan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4152\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28-Victorious-Pehlwan-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28-Victorious-Pehlwan-257x300.jpg 257w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28-Victorious-Pehlwan-768x897.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28-Victorious-Pehlwan-877x1024.jpg 877w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/28-Victorious-Pehlwan.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victorious Pehlwan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\">Men fought with each other for rewards. Men also perfected wrestling as a sports, in which no harm was done to others. It was a gentle sport here. Nobody got hurt. No broken limbs, nothing, but pure fun. That is why wrestlers grappled in mud. So that no hurt ever took place. When the Japanese wrestler Inoki broke the arm of Akram Pehlawan, it was something new. It had never happened before in our long tradition of wrestling.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4151\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/011.-At-the-Akhara.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4151\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/011.-At-the-Akhara-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/011.-At-the-Akhara-300x297.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/011.-At-the-Akhara-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/011.-At-the-Akhara-768x759.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/011.-At-the-Akhara-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/011.-At-the-Akhara.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Akhara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4149\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-fresco-Masjidi-Gate-Lahore.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4149\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-fresco-Masjidi-Gate-Lahore-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-fresco-Masjidi-Gate-Lahore-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-fresco-Masjidi-Gate-Lahore.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pehlawan fresco Masjidi Gate Lahore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4147\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gamma-Pehlawan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4147\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gamma-Pehlawan-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gamma-Pehlawan-243x300.jpg 243w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gamma-Pehlawan.jpg 519w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gamma Pehlawan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p align=\"justify\">Emperors grappled too. Emperor Babur was fond of wrestling. Other Emperors were fond of watching. The cousin of Emperor Akbar was a famous wrestler and his mausoleum still exists in Lahore, but it is the Governors House now. Outside the Lahore Fort, frescoes of Pehlawans are still there. A Royal sport with great pomp and glory. Now the Akharas are gone and the level of Pehlawans is down graded. Much hype is done but grass root wrestling is gone. We used to watch small boys learning these tricks from their Masters. Now no one sends their kids for evening classes like this. Just as vulgar Cable has invaded our drawing rooms, so had this sports been reduced to a vulgar class of people. Rustam Zaman Gamma Pehlawan was the last of our icons. Now the same family is in the political arena. Who cares about rules of playing dirty?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4150\" style=\"width: 182px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-Lahori.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4150\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-Lahori-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-Lahori-182x300.jpg 182w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-Lahori-620x1024.jpg 620w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Pehlawan-Lahori.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pehlawan Lahori<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4146\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Akhara-of-Pehlawans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4146\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Akhara-of-Pehlawans-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Akhara-of-Pehlawans-219x300.jpg 219w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Akhara-of-Pehlawans.jpg 479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Akhara of Pehlawans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4148\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mughal-Pehlawans.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4148\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mughal-Pehlawans-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mughal-Pehlawans-193x300.jpg 193w, http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mughal-Pehlawans.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mughal Pehlawans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE TRADITION OF PEHLAWANS IN LAHORE NO LONGER THE GRANDEUR OF YESTERYEARS Men fought with each other for rewards. Men also perfected wrestling as a sports, in which no harm was done to others. It was a gentle sport here. Nobody got hurt. No broken limbs, nothing, but pure fun. 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