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Kokanastha Parivar Pune honors Devina Gudhekar, a national Mallakhamb athlete

Pune, June 7 (UNI) Devina Gudhekar, a national Mallakhamb athlete, was honoured on Sunday by the Kokanastha Parivar Pune, on the occasion of the 86th birth anniversary of the organization's senior director, the late Sunita Bhabhi Narayan Daripkar.
The felicitation took place at Pandit Nehru Stadium, Pune, where Vishal Patil, Chairman of the Sports Committee of Kokanastha Parivar Pune, presented a memento to Devina Gudhekar, a release stated.
Devina Gudhekar has trained at Shri Samarth Vyayam Mandir, Dadar, Mumbai, under the guidance of Padma Shri Uday Deshpande, and has participated in national competitions held in Kurukshetra. She currently serves as a Mallakhamb instructor at Sane Guruji Arogyamandir, Santacruz, Mumbai. She has also traveled to Germany to provide Mallakhamb training, the release added.
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