Mahavir Stadium, built in 1972, is a multipurpose sports complex located in
Hisar city
Hisar is a city, municipal corporation and administrative headquarters of Hisar district of Hisar division in the state of Haryana in northwestern India. It is located 161.2 km (100.16 mi) to the west of New Delhi, India's capital, a ...
of
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
,
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 in Thar desert. It is located 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilome ...
which has a higher 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 in Kurukshetra district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Haryana. In 2007, Ladwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Ladwa legislative assembly constituency was created comprising 126,70 ...
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 Jambheshwar ...
; 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
Route 9, or Highway 9, may refer to:
International
* European route E09
* European route E009
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* SH-9 Road in Albania.
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* National Route 9 (Argentina), National Route 9
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, 1 km from the town center & main market area; 1 km from
Hisar Junction railway station
Hisar Junction railway station (railway code: HSR) is an A-category railway station,Hisar Airport
Hisar Airport , officially known as Maharaja Agrasen International Airport existing as domestic airport presently under upgrade by 30 March 2024 , is a DGCA-licensed public airport serving Hisar in Haryana state of India. It is located north ...
; 167 km from the
Indira Gandhi International Airport
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Chandigarh International Airport
Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport is a civil enclave customs airport serving the city of Chandigarh. The airport is located in the village of Jhiurheri, Mohali, Punjab. The airport caters to six domestic airlines and connects Chandig ...
.
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), competi ...
,
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 (appr ...
,
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
,
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
,
gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...
,
judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, 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 Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
,
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
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...
and
yoga
Yoga (; sa, योग, lit=yoke' or 'union ) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India and aim to control (yoke) and still the mind, recognizing a detached witness-consciou ...
. 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, 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 Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
coaching in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
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
The following is a list of stadiums in India. Due to differences often arising between the planning and implementation stages for infrastructure in India, the list has been now divided into currently existing stadiums and future grounds.
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Nearby attraction
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Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park, Hisar
The Shatavar Vatika Herbal Park, Hisar, named after the shatavar herb, is a 125-acre herbal park for the conservation of several endangered ayurvedic medicinal herbs. It is located on Hisar- Dhansu road, which runs off 'Hisar-Barwala NH-52', i ...
is next to the Deer Park on Dhansu Road
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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 th ...
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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 Satvat ...
at
Tosham
Tosham is a town and a Gram Panchayat on the foot of Tosham Hill range in Bhiwani district in the Indian state of Haryana. It has been awarded the title of "Adarsh Village". It is situated in the foothill of Tosham hill range of Aravali Moun ...
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Asigarh Fort
Asigarh Fort, also called Hansi Fort, is located on the eastern bank of ''Amti lake'' in Hansi town of Haryana, India, about 135 km from Delhi on NH9. Spread over 30 acres, in its prime days this fort used to be in control of 80 forts in ...
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 import ...
Pranpir Badshah tomb
Pranpir Badshah's tomb ( hi, बाबा प्राणपिर बादशाह) is a 14th-century tomb, built from white material, near Mahabir Stadium in Hisar city of Haryana state in India.
Location
The tomb is located next to the Pa ...
Haryana Tourism
Haryana Tourism Corporation (HTC) was constituted as a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act, 1956 on 1 May 1974. As an agent of the Government of Haryana, ''Haryana Tourism Corporation'' runs and maintains 44 Tourist Complexes spre ...