- 3 AM: Wake up and perform press-ups (danda) and squats (bethak), as many as 4000. Run for 5 miles, followed by swimming and lifting stone and sandbags.
- 8 AM: Teachers watch as the trainees wrestle each other in earth pits continuously for 3 hours. This is around 25 matches in a row. Matches start with the senior wrestlers. The youngest go last.
- 10 AM: Wrestlers are given an "special" oil massage before resting.
- 4 PM: After another massage, trainees wrestle each other for another 2 hours.
- 8 PM: The wrestler goes to sleep.
A daily scene at a Akhara.
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