Khelo India Winter Games 2026 inaugurated in Ladakh

The curtains went up on the sixth edition of the Khelo India Winter Games at the Nawang Dorjay Stobdan (NDS) Stadium on Tuesday.

The Ladakh phase of the Winter Games, which will host ice sports like skating and hockey, will conclude on January 26. This is the third time that the Union Territory of Ladakh is hosting



KIWG. 

The snow leg of KIWG will be held in Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir later this year.

At a colourful opening ceremony, marked by traditional music and dance and an exhibition ice hockey match between Army XI and UT Ladakh, the Khelo India Winter Games 2026 were declared open by the Hon’ble Lt Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta.