The National Dharmic Games (NDG) 2025, the UK’s largest Hindu student sporting event, took place on 15th February at Loughborough University. Organised by NHSF (UK) volunteers, it drew 700 attendees and 90+ teams, including non-Hindu players. Competitions spanned football, badminton, netball, Kabaddi, and Kho-Kho. The event featured an opening performance by Leicester Bollywood & Asian Society and concluded with an awards ceremony.
NHSF (UK) aims to promote key Hindu values through its events, emphasising their universal relevance for a harmonious world. The 2025 theme, ‘Mamadharma’, focused on upholding one's personal Dharma - duty in alignment with universal harmony. The event highlighted values such as honesty (‘Satya’), non-violence (‘Ahimsa’), integrity (‘Shīla’), respect (‘Satkāra’), and togetherness (‘Sangathan’), encouraging athletes to embody these principles in their gameplay. By fostering these values in a competitive setting, NHSF (UK) hopes to inspire students to develop into future leaders.
The event welcomed guests from the England Kabaddi Association and Kho-Kho Federation England, the national governing bodies for these sports. This recognition is invaluable, as many NDG players have gone on to compete professionally. Notably, several students and alumni represented England at the 2025 Kho-Kho World Cup in New Delhi.
This year's winners included Imperial College London for badminton, King’s College London for both men’s and women’s kabaddi, the University of Birmingham for netball, Loughborough University for kho-kho, and the University of Nottingham for football.
