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Pittu Association of Madhya Pradesh

Brief Introduction of PITTU GAME

Pittu is one of the oldest and traditional games of India. This ancient and traditional game has been played since last 5 millennium which is known by different names in India. Lord Shree Krishna also used to play this game with his friends, which is mentioned in the Hindu religious text Bhagavata Purana written 5000 years ago. It is believed to have been originated in the southern parts of the Indian subcontinent. In ancient times, the game of Pittu was played by collecting stones, in which there was no limit on the number of players and time and there was no size of the playing field and players could stand anywhere as per their wish. Earlier this game was played only for the entertainment of children.

The Prime Minister of the country, Hon’ble Shri Narendra Modi, in his Mann Ki Baat talked about saving India’s most popular ancient and traditional game Pittu from extinction and making it popular again. According to the intention of the Prime Minister, the Pittu Federation of India was formed under the leadership of Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya, the Cabinet Minister of the Government of Madhya Pradesh & Ex National General Secretary of the BJP. The main objective of the Federation is to re-popularize Pittu game by organizing competitions of Pittu sports from village level to national level with the same rules and to give equal opportunities and respect to the players and coaches of Pittu sports.

At present, the technical committee of the Federation has prepared the rules for the competitions of Pittu sports to be organized from village level to national level, now Pittu is played in a field 26 meters long and 14 meters wide, which has three zones and there are 10 players in the team, out of which 6 players play and 4 players are substitutes. Pittu has made of strong plastic and all the 7 pieces have a specific shape and colour. According to which the game is to be played in two half of 10-10 minutes between two teams. Where does the striker team go to the team that earns points by dropping the Pittu set made of seven fixed pieces and re-accumulating them in the same order and the team that prevents the Pittu set from being reassembled goes to the defender team. The team that scores the most in the stipulated time is declared the winner.