Wrestlers take daily practice in the early morning in Kashi ghat near the Gongha River in Varanasi, India, November 29, 2014. The ancient tradition of Indian wrestling, known as kushti, thrives in Varanasi, one of the world’s oldest cities. Wrestling gyms, or akhara, scattered around the city are of the few places where Hindu men from different casts are considered equals. Now in these days there are not that much mud akhara alive in Varanasi, People are much more interested to play in the mats instead of mud. Varanasi, India.