 He is survived by two sons and a daughter.Though Wrestling in traditional clay pits is on the decline over the last few decades, but there are still many akharas left, thanks to dedicated people like Guruji, who worked to keep this ancient part of Indian culture alive.The akharas and mud based wrestling were one of themes of a recent Aamir Khan based hindi movie - "Dangal" & Salman Khan hindi movie "Sultan".