Following are the traditional sports of India:
- Ball Badminton: It is a racket game native to India, comprising a yellow ball made of wool for playing, resembling Badminton.
- Kho-Kho: A well-known game where a team conquers the game that takes not much time to tag all the players in the other team.
- Kabaddi: A "raider" comes in the opposite team's half to tag opponents without the intake of breath in the body.
- Lagori: Identified from Southern India, this game consists of a ball and a pile of flat stones. A member of one team hurls a softball at a pile of stones to knock them over, then makes attempts to restore the pile of stones while the opposing team throws the ball at their side. It is also known as Pittu.
- Mallakhamba: It is an ancient Indian sport, where athletes practice different kinds of gymnastics moves and have some poses on a vertical wooden pole or a rope.
- Rollball: This game is like handball on roller skates. Players bounce the ball while shifting and make goals by shooting the ball into the opposing team's goal.
- Throwball: It is a sport similar to Newcomb Ball - a variation of Volleyball - played across India.
- Kalaripayattu: It is a traditional martial art from India's Kerala.
- Gilli-Danda: Well played mostly by children, a South Asian game has two sticks, one long and the other short.
- Nadan Panthu Kali: It includes ball and net sport played in the Kerala region.
- Pehlwani: A type of wrestling from South Asia. One can win by pinning the opponent's shoulders and hips to the ground altogether.
- Yubi Lakpi: It is a seven-a-side traditional football game with a resemblance to rugby played in India's Manipur using a coconut. It is said to be a combination of football and rugby.
