Hyderabad: Nine-year-old Virat Chandra Telukunta from Hyderabad was awarded Prime Minister Bal Puraskar in Sports for scaling Mount Kilimanjaro. “I used to run for 6-7km every day, did sit-ups, suryanamaskar…meditation. It was very cold there, but we focussed on summit point despite body aches” Chandra told ANI. While climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Chandra overcame the challenges […]
The native of Trimulgherry, Virat was the only one from the State among 29 others to be conferred with the award. He was recognised in the sports category for becoming the youngest, at seven years, to scale Mount Kilimanjaro.
