An akhada is a congregation in a military Hindu monastic order. Wrestlers are called as pahalwans in India and the place where they practise or have duels with other wrestlers in India is called as 'akhada' This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The Bajrang Dal organises akhadas for exercise and training.These akhadas are places of daily or weekly meeting of the 'Bajrangis' or Dal members.This is the foundation of the Dal's organisation just as the RSS' shakhas.But the number of akhadas is far too small as compared to the shakhas though the number of Dal workers is very large.The Bajrang Dal's women counterpart the Durga Vahni also runs such training centres for training women in self-defence. They are largely attended and are very successful. Bajrang Dal (In English:Monkey God Brigade), part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) family, is the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP). ... The word exercise can mean the following: A setting in action or practicing. ... Training refers traditionally and meaningfully to what many folk now grandiloquently term professional development. ...