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Khelo India Water Sports Festival: The best national athletes in the country will vie for the 24 gold medals at stake in the inaugural Khelo India Water Sports Festival to be held at the iconic Dal Lake here. The three-day event will see more than 400 sportspersons compete for the medal events in rowing, canoeing, and kayaking.

The Khelo India Water Sports Festival 2025 will be the first consolidated Open-age category championships where all 14 kayaking and canoeing events and the 10 rowing events -- all Olympic events -- will be contested. To add to the glamour of the Water Games, there will be three demonstration events – water skiing, shikhara boat spring, and dragon boat race.

The KIWSF will see 36 states and Union Territories in action. Among them, all eyes will be on athletes from Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Kerala.