Gatta gusthi
Wrestling style of Kerala, India
ガッタ・グスティ
- Country of origin
- India
- Type
- folk wrestling, wrestling style
Gatta gusthi is a form of submission wrestling practiced in Kerala, India. Competitions take place inside an open ground called a godha, often on beaches. Wrestlers, known as phayalvans, employ around 100 techniques. Once widely popular, the sport saw a decline with the rise of freestyle wrestling and karate in the late 1960s. Its freestyle version is known as gusthi.
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Facts from Wikidata Q108167241 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.