3rd Khelo India University games started with the Kabaddi event on Tuesday evening in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The league matches of Kabaddi event started today evening in the presence of national and international players. 15 teams of different universities are taking part in this event, for which the matches are being held at Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik stadium in Gautam Buddha Nagar district. Around 1200 players of different universities are taking part in events related to games like Basketball, weight lifting, Boxing and Kabaddi which will be held here in Gautam Buddha Nagar district.
 
The official inauguration ceremony will be held on 25th May in Lucknow in which the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part virtually. He will be the chief guest of the event. Union Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur along with the Chief Minister of state Yogi Adityanath will take part in the inaugural function. The khelo India University games will continue till 3rd June and the closing ceremony will be held in Varanasi. This games will be organised at four places Gautam Budh Nagar, Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
 
Meanwhile, the publicity campaign for Khelo India University games and practice sessions are going on at different places across the state. Today the yoga practice session was organised at BHU in Varanasi. Restling and Yogasan games will be organised in Varanasi during the Khelo India University games. 240 players will take part in the wrestling events while 96 players will take part in yogasan events which will be held in Varanasi