Source:- Meenakshi Sharan / Twitter.
The British banned Silabam Hindu Martial Art & introduced western military training.
The ban was lifted after Independence.
Oriiginated around 1000 BC in India, Silambam is widely practiced & most famous Martial art in Malaysia today#ReviveSilambam #HanumanJayanti2018 pic.twitter.com/64C1ANv0g5— Meenakshi Sharan (@meenakshisharan) March 31, 2018
Few people know about #Silambam
the oldest form of Martial art.It is ironic that our own Traditional Martial lacks recognition in our own country making many good practitioners unable to compete.#ReviveSilambam @narendramodi #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/Ip8DHW1aDh
— Meenakshi Sharan (@meenakshisharan) March 31, 2018