9-Year-Old Awarded PM Bal Puraskar For Scaling Mount Kilimanjaro

While climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Virat Chandra Telukunta overcame the challenges like extreme cold weather, finger pain, hand pain, and leg pain caused due to chilly weather.

Nine-year-old Virat Chandra Telukunta from Hyderabad was awarded Prime Minister Bal Puraskar in Sports for scaling Mount Kilimanjaro. Many congratulations to the young mountaineer Telukunta Virat Chandra for the Rashtriya Bal Puraskar. He climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro at such a young age! May he achieve even greater heights. Best wishes for his future endeavours. pic.twitter.com/7ZB83EyRXn Hyderabad| 9-yr-old Telukunta Virat Chandra awarded with PM Bal Puraskar in Sports for scaling Mt Kilimanjaro last year"I used to run for 6-7km every day, did sit-ups, suryanamaskar...meditation. It was very cold there, but we focussed on summit point despite body aches"he said pic.twitter.com/w3T59IpBQD

"I used to run for 6-7km every day, did sit-ups, suryanamaskar...meditation. It was very cold there, but we focused on summit point despite body aches," Virat Chandra told ANI.

While climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Virat Chandra overcame the challenges like extreme cold weather, finger pain, hand pain, and leg pain caused due to chilly weather.