4. INTRODUCTION

When it comes to the population of any nation that is involved in the realm of sports, the youth are the sector that represents the greatest vitality and energy. India is one of the youngest countries in the world, with over 65 percent of its population falling in the under35 age bracket. Youth make up 27.5% of India's total population and fall within the age range of 15-29 years old. By the year 2020, it is anticipated that the average age of India's population would have reached a median of 28 years. The energy of this big group need to be channelled, and the central and state governments need to give them with the suitable infrastructure that meets the acceptable criteria so that they may succeed in the area of sports at both the national and international levels.

Many different civilizations have created their own indigenous ways of engaging in physical activity and having positive social interactions via the use of a wide array of traditional sports and activities. These traditional sports are an important part of social and cultural life, and they have their origins in the Indian heritage. Evidence of these sports can be found in the archaeological excavations of Harappa and Mohenjodaro, in the Vedic literature, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, in the literary works of Dandin, Panini, Kalidasa, and Kautilya, as well as in Jain and Buddhist scriptures. The playing of traditional sports and games was formerly considered an extremely important part of a person's overall education as well as the growth and development of their personality and conduct.The country of India is home to a wide variety of age-old and locally developed sports, many of which have contributed to the multifaceted and well-rounded growth of both individuals and society as a whole. These kinds of activities have cultural importance in many parts of the globe, in addition to offering a variety of other advantages that are beneficial to an individual's overall welfare. Traditional sports and games are those games within a society that people have played for many generations because participation in these kinds of games and sports gives them the opportunity to practise something that has meaning within their society. This is because traditional sports and games give people the opportunity to practise something that has meaning within their society. The majority of these games are tied to many aspects of life including religion, the celebration of various holidays, employment, community life and interaction, family life, and even birth and death. For the sake of the continued growth of sports, people, and communities in the future, these traditional sports and games need to be elevated and preserved as examples of sporting practises and intangible cultural assets respectively. Traditional sports are losing their identity in the eyes of society because there is not the right sort of platform to promote and grow the kind of sports that they are.

The goal of this research is to analyse and get a better knowledge of the myriad of varied criteria and reasons that ethnic development centres have. The people who live in the northern and eastern areas have just as many different backgrounds. After Africa, India has the world's second-largest number of individuals who identify as belonging to a cultural group. According to the census that was carried out in India in the year 2011, the total population of indigenous cultures amounts to 10.4 crores, which is equivalent to around

8.6% of the total population of the country. Because the indigenous and more barbaric people of the Indian subcontinent were neither eradicated nor completely assimilated by the growing civilization over the course of history, the concept of "tribes" is especially confusing in the Indian subcontinent. This is due to the fact that the indigenous people of the region were not wiped out by the expanding civilization. More than 314 diverse indigenous tribes call India home as their homeland. Their rituals, practises, and beliefs, as well as, most significantly, the harmony with which they live with the natural environment that surrounds them, are what distinguish them from other people. This harmony allows them to coexist in harmony with the natural environment. Their manner of life is a well-balanced process of "giving and taking," which is in accordance with the natural equilibrium of their immediate environment. This allows them to live in harmony with the natural environment.

Customs and rituals that are deeply ingrained in traditions are gradually transitioning into a form that is more modernised as a result of adaptation to modern ways of living and altered patterns of lifestyle. This is happening as a direct result of adaptation to modern ways of living and altered lifestyle patterns. Because of this process, the more traditional components of north east Indian tradition are progressively morphing into a form that is more aligned with contemporary sensibilities. One of the reasons for this is that educated natives in the area try not to use their native tongue as much as they can, even in their own homes. This is one of the causes. In certain cases, politically significant decisions were made without outside influence. have driven the diverse communities to move or seek refuge in other areas. Aside from this, one of the platforms that has been utilised to compare the urbanised world and themselves is architecture.

This research serves as the basis for the design strategy and conceptual ideas that will be used for a Traditional Sports Development Centre, which are generated from this study.