As part of the Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam initiative to celebrate ancient relations between Saurashtra and Tamil Nadu, a sports festival will be organised in Gujarat under the Olympic associations of the two states. The festival is to be organised in Bhavnagar tentatively between April 19 and 22. According to an official release from the state government, the sports festival—Sports Challengers Trophy—will include competitions in tennis, table tennis, kabaddi, swimming and volleyball. The Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam programme is scheduled between April 17 and 30. Special trains will be run to get people from Tamil Nadu to the state for the event. The first train will arrive from Madurai on April 17.
