Khasbag Wrestling Stadium

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Rajarshi Shahu Khasbag Wrestling Stadium

Khasbag
Full name	Rajarshi Shahu Khasbaug Maidan
Former names	Khasbaug Maidan
Location	Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Owner	Kolhapur Municipal Corporation
Operator	Kolhapur Municipal Corporation
Capacity	30,000
Surface	Malt

Khasbag Stadium is a national wrestling stadium in Kolhapur city, Maharashtra, India. This is a biggest wrestling stadium in India.^{[according to whom?]} The stadium was built in the time of Rajarshi Shahu Maharaj^{[citation needed]} and is almost a hundred-year-old stadium.^{[as of?]} And this is heritage site also.^{[citation needed]}

Khasbag stadium, also known as Khasbaug Maidan (Ground), is 1 kilometre South-East to Mahalaxmi Temple and 8 Kilometers South-West to Central Bus Stand of Kolhapur. The structure flaunts a seating arrangement for about 30,000 people around a Wrestling Ring also called "Houd". Special seating is available for the members of the royal family of Kolhapur on the east side of the wrestling ring.

In 2012, it was the venue for the '46th Hind Kesari wrestling championship'.^[1] It was held to mark the centenary of Khasbag wrestling arena.

• Rajarshi Shahu Stadium
• Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Stadium

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