Ice skating is popular in North India in places like Ladakh, Kashmir and Shimla where cold weather occurs and it is possible to skate outdoors. Much of India has a tropical climate, hence in the rest of the country, ice skating is limited to the few artificial rinks available.^[1] An ice skating festival is organised in Shimla every year.

Indoor ice rinks in India

Indoor ice skating rinks are present in the following places:

• Doon Ice Skating Rink 60m x 30m Olympic size has a seating capacity of 3000. Located at Maharana Pratap Sports Complex, Raipur, Dehradun.
• Essel World, Mumbai (Near Borivali).
• iSKATE located on 6th floor of Ambience Mall, Gurugram.
• Neptune Magnet Mall, Lower Powai, L.B.S. Marg, Bhandup (W), Mumbai.
• Atria the millennium mall, Dr Annie Besant Rd, Worli, Mumbai.
• Sparkys Ice Skating at Lulu international shopping mall, Edappally, Kochi.

Outdoor ice rinks in India

• Shimla Ice Skating Rink, Circular Road, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
• Gulmarg under Ministry of Tourism, Jammu and Kashmir Government.
• Leh, Ladakh UT.
• Kargil, Ladakh UT.