Rajkot News: Tejas Trivedi, who organized this tournament, said in a conversation with TVnine that this type of event is being organized for the first time for Karmakandi Brahmins.
For the first time in the state, a tennis cricket tournament has been organized for Karmakandi Brahmins in Rajkot. The tournament started on March 3 and 4 at Rudrashakti Ground Ratanpar. A total of 8 teams have participated in this tournament. This tournament has been named as Veda Narayan Cup. This tournament has been organized with religious chants like any Vedic worship. Commentary was spoken in Sanskrit and Vedic chants were chanted at the tournament. Due to which the atmosphere was buzzing.
Vedic chants spoken on four-six
Tejas Trivedi, who organized this tournament, said in a conversation with TVNine that this kind of organization is being organized for the first time for Karmakandi Brahmins. Eight major Karmakandi Shastrijis of the city have been made team owners. An attempt has been made to cover the city-wide rituals in this tournament. Not only did the Bhudev players come to the field wearing dhoti and robes, the commentary was also spoken in Sanskrit. Whenever the players hit a four or a six, the ground echoed with Sanskrit Vedic chants. On the third date, each team will play one match. While the semi-final and final match will be played on the fourth date.
Team Names
- Bharadraj XI (Shastri Vijay Joshi)
- Vishwamitra XI (Shastri Harish Bhogaita)
- Atri XI (Shastri Hiren Joshi)
- Shandilya XI (Shastri Gopal Jani)
- Vashishtha XI (Shastri Hiren Trivedi)
- Jamadagni XI (Shastri Asit Jani)
- Kashyap XI (Shastri Jasmin Joshi)
- Gautam XI (Shastri Jayesh Pandya)
Sanskrit translation in the game of cricket
Commentary in Sanskrit in this tournament was spoken by Shastri Akash Pandya. Shastri Akashbhai has a PhD in Sanskrit and studied at Sandapani Ashram. According to him, what happens in cricket is called in Sanskrit as follows
- Chogga-Chatushtakam Purtakham
- Players-Areas:
- Out-excluded
- Catchout-grihitam
- Wide-ball-offensive:
- Free Hit-Tuesday Time:
- Bowler-ball
The Brahmins are relieved by this tournament when they are very busy during the ritual and wedding season.