Badminton is a popular sport among residents of Bhubaneswar who can be seen playing the game across most residential localities, especially during winters. The sport is also professionally pursued in the city that offers various indoor halls at private clubs and also at educational institutions. The most vibrant centre of badminton in Bhubaneswar is the Shaheed Nagar Indoor Hall that is under transformation into a major badminton academy under the aegis of Sports Authority of India. It will become functional shortly as the Odisha Government is setting up state-of-the-art infrastructure at the indoor hall.