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Aug 13, 2021 · Hockey Village Saunamara of Odisha. Odisha has emerged as the new home of Indian hockey, with the Sundergarh region as its epicenter. Sundergarh has become the ‘Cradle of Indian Hockey’. The resource-rich region has produced five national captains of the Indian hockey team and over 60 international players.
Jan 17, 2023 · Every evening more than 100 children at Saunamara, a hamlet of little over 2000 tribal inhabitants in Odisha's Sundargarh district, play on a dusty ground, pursuing their dreams of becoming the next Dilip Tirkey, Amit Rohidas or Subhadra Pradhan.
Jun 20, 2024 · Bhubaneswar, Aug 12: Saunamara village under Balisankara block in Odisha’s Sundergarh district has emerged as the cradle land of Odisha Hockey. The rocky, hilly hamlet of the valley has given birth to the former captain of Hockey India Dilip Tirkey and defender Amit Rohidas, who fought the battle in the Tokyo Olympics-2021 recently.
It's surreal to listen to these tiny yet important details about Dilip Tirkey, sitting in his ancestral house in Saunamara village in Sundergarh district of Odisha. The torchbearer of hockey in Odisha, Dilip Tirkey has done what very few sportspersons from the state has achieved.
Jan 18, 2023 · Every evening more than 100 children at Saunamara, a hamlet of little over 2000 tribal inhabitants in Odisha's Sundargarh district, play on a dusty ground, pursuing their dreams of becoming the next Dilip Tirkey, Amit Rohidas or Subhadra Pradhan.
Seeing a boy from Saunamara village play for India and later captain the national team transformed the picture. Since then Sundargarh district has produced around 100 India players.
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Jul 26, 2004 · It is to Sundergarh what cricket is to the rest of India-a passion, an aspirational sport that helps the tribals get jobs and earn a living. But Saunamara now wants more. Standing on the edge of a bumpy field where it all began for the India captain, Sushil Tirkey, 21, wears Dilip's cast-off jersey to practise every day.
