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Basilica of San Vitale
minor basilica in Ravenna, Italy
Our Lady of Saidnaya Monastery
monastery in Syria
akhara
200px|thumb|right|A ceremonial procession of akhara marching over a makeshift bridge over the Ganges river, during Kumbha Mela at [[Prayagraj, 2001]]
Akhara or Akhada (Hindi: अखाड़ा, romanised: Akhāṛā) is an Indian word for a place of practice with facilities for boarding, lodging and training, both in the context of Indian martial artists or a sampradaya monastery for religious renunciates in Guru–shishya tradition. For example, in the context of the Dashanami Sampradaya sect, the word denotes both martial arts and religious monastic aspects of the trident-wielding martial regiment of the ren