It has been ages since the culture of playing sports such as sitoliya, Kite flying etc started on the festival of Sankranti. Continuing with the rituals, several organizations, communities and local groups in the city organized various sports activities for the spirit of the festival.

Shri Bahubali Yuva Munch Sansthan organized community level sports and cultural programs today at Railway Institute, Thokar Chauraha.

Other than various activities conducted for every age group, 10 couples who completed 50 years of their marriage were given Golden Jubilee Couple award and social worker Rajesh B Shah was honoured with Bahubal Ratna Award. Men, women and all the children participated in the activities joyfully.

Business Community Sutharwada is also organizing a 3 days Cricket tournament on the occasion of the festival. In the tournament, 20 teams, each comprising 6 members, will participate in 8 over day-night matches.

In this tournament, today entry level matches were played. Winners of this tournament will be awarded with trophies.

Several sports activities were also organized by Rotary Club Udaipur at Rotary Bhawan in which 150 rotarians participated.

Fun filled competitions such as Musical Chairs, Sitoliya, Chammach Race etc were organized and conducted by D P Dhakad. In all these activities, rotarians from every age group participated and enjoyed.