The third National Floor Curling Championship, organised by the Curling Federation of India and Curling Puducherry, began at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Puducherry. Puducherry Home Minister A. Namachivayam inaugurated the two-day event. Around 500 athletes from 22 states, including Haryana, Sikkim, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu, are participating in the championship.