Mahavir Stadium, built in 1972, is a multipurpose sports complex located in
Hisar city
Hisar also known as Hissar is the administrative headquarters of Hisar district in the state of Haryana in northwestern India. It is located to the west of New Delhi, India's capital, and has been identified as a counter-magnet city for the ...
of
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
,
India
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Sirsa
Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located near the Thar Desert, 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilometers s ...
which has capacity of 35,000 spectators. It is owned and operated by the District Olympic Association of Hisar. The venue is used for several events, such as cricket and football.
In athletics, at least 40 national and 6 international athletes are from Hisar. In handball, at least 20 players from hisar have represented India at international level, among them at least 6 are from
Ladwa
Ladwa is a town and a municipal committee, just 18 km from Kurukshetra city in the Kurukshetra district of the Indian state of Haryana. In 2007, Ladwa legislative assembly constituency was created comprising 126,704 registered voters and come ...
It was built in 1972 and named as ''"Nehru Stadium"'' on its inauguration, renamed as the ''"Mahabir Stadium''" in 1987, and renovated in 1988.
Location
It located is about 5 km from the
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, was founded in 1995. The jurisdiction of the university extends to the courses being run in the areas of science, technology, engineering, pharmacy and management.
Guru Jambheshwa ...
; 4 km from the
Blue Bird Lake
Blue Bird Lake, Hisar is a resident and endangered migratory bird wetland habitat, lake and recreation area in the town of Hisar, in the Hisar district of Haryana State, India.National Highway 9, 1 km from the town center & main market area; 1 km from
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport is the primary international airport serving New Delhi, the capital of India, and the National Capital Region (NCR). The airport, spread over an area of ,
; 180 km from the
New Delhi railway station
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; and 235 km from the
Chandigarh International Airport
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.
Infrastructure
The
seating capacity
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of the stadium is 25,000 and provides facilities for
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
,
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
,
boxing
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,
football
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,
gymnastics
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,
judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
,
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
,
wrestling
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and
yoga
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. The stadium is lit with floodlights and more than 1000 players daily use it for practice.
The Hisar Judo Academy, led by ''Dr. Sumer Singh Nandal'', for male and female Judoka is located at Mahabir stadium.Haryana state judo academy, Hisar /ref> It is the biggest centre for
Judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
coaching in
India
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.
Mahabir Stadium Wrestling Akhara
The Mahabir Stadium Boxing Academy for male and female
wrestlers
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It hosted the 2nd Asian Women's Boxing Championship in 2003 and 51st National Boxing Championship in 2004.
It also hosted 22nd Haryana State Women Sports Festival in 2008.
It also hosted Haryana State Master's Athelerics Championship in May 2014.
List of stadiums in India
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Blue Bird Lake
Blue Bird Lake, Hisar is a resident and endangered migratory bird wetland habitat, lake and recreation area in the town of Hisar, in the Hisar district of Haryana State, India.Kanwari Indus Valley Mound at
Kanwari
Kanwari, also spelled Kunwari, or Kwari, is a village of 7,000 population, in Hansi-I Tehsil, Hisar-1 Rural Development Block, Hansi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency) of Hisar District of Hisar Division in the ...
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Tosham rock inscription
The Tosham rock inscription, dating from the 4th or 5th century, on Tosham hill in Tosham town of Haryana state in India, is an epigraph documenting the establishment of a monastery and the building of water tanks for followers of the Satva ...
at
Tosham
Tosham is a town and a Gram Panchayat on the foot of Tosham Hill range in Bhiwani district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Haryana. It has been awarded the title of "Adarsh Village". It is situated in the foothill of Tosha ...
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Asigarh Fort
Asigarh Fort, also called Hansi Fort, is located on the eastern bank of ''Amti lake'' in Hansi city of Haryana, India, about 135 km from Delhi on National Highway 9 (India), NH9. Spread over 30 acres, in its prime days this fort used to be ...
at
Hansi
Hansi, is a city and municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It appears that at one time Hansi was larger, more prosperous and more important than Hisar. The town has several important buildings of archeological impor ...
Hisar
Hissar () means fort or castle in Arabic, with variants adopted into Persian (hesar, hessar) and Turkish (hisar).
Hissar, Hisar and Hesar may refer to:
Places Asia (South and Central) India
*Hisar (city), a city in Haryana
**Hisar Airport in Hi ...
Haryana Tourism
Haryana Tourism Corporation (HTC) is an agency of the Government of Haryana, India established in 1974. The organisation operates 44 tourist facilities spread across the state of Haryana. These facilities offer visitors lodging, dining, and r ...