Kambala

The Karnataka has passed the Kambala Bill, thus making the buffalo race legal in the State.

The Karnataka government has agreed to bring an amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA) of 1960, to make a provision to conduct Kambala in Karnataka

Kambala is not a sport played for entertainment of a section of people, it is livelihood for thousands of families and the buffaloes are our children, says Seetharam Shetty, a farmer, activist and a person attached to the Kambala for decades.

When the whole state has united for supporting Kambala, the folk game of coastal Karnataka, two respected people of the state have spoken against Kambala and have asked to ban the ritual.

There is no harassment in Kambala. It is Tulunadu’s Olympics, said Sudhakara Bhandari Saja, the producer of the critically acclaimed film 'Rangitaranga'.