Bull Taming Event

Two spectators, including a boy, were gored to death by bulls during a Jallikattu event at Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district today.

Two persons, including a bull tamer, were killed in separate jallikattu events in Tamil Nadu on Monday.

A 26-year-old bull tamer, who appeared unstoppable in taming nine bulls, succumbed after he was gored by a bull at the Jallikattu event in Palamedu in Madurai district on Monday, police said.

The bull taming sport, Jallikattu's first event of the year began with fanfare in Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, which saw active participation of young men.

Congress's Rahul Gandhi celebrated Pongal in poll-bound Tamil Nadu today with a call to Tamil sentiments. "I have come here to give a message to those who think that they can run roughshod over Tamil people, can push aside Tamil language and Tamil culture," he said at an event of Jallikattu, the state's traditional bull taming sport.

The traditional bull-taming event Jallikattu started today in Tamil Nadu's Madurai amid strict safety guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic. Up to 150 people can participate in the event that involves setting free bulls on a fenced street while the men attempt to tame the animals.

Rahul Gandhi will visit Tamil Nadu on Thursday, when the festival of Pongal will be celebrated, and witness the controversial bull taming event ''Jallikattu''.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) India chapter has released a 73-page report and video footage to demonstrate how cruelty is being meted out to animals during the bull taming festival of Jallikattu, besides the custom's disregard for human life.

Animal rights advocacy group, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to a Tamil Nadu Minister, whose bull died during a jallikattu event, seeking his support to repeal an act passed to ensure conduct of the bull taming event in the state.

Jallikattu is a tradition practiced to worship cattle stock, celebrated during the festival of Pongal, mainly in Tamil Nadu. Jallikattu is a sport where a bull is released into a crowd of people and the participants try to hold on to its hump for as long as they can, attempting to tame it.

Two spectators died, one of them gored by a bull, and 80 persons were injured in the 'jallikattu' (bull taming) sport at M Pudur area of the district today, police said.

Six persons were seriously injured in the Jallikattu event held today at Palamedu village 25 km from here, one of the hubs for bull taming sport in the state, after a two year gap.

Jallikaatu could be referred to as bull taming event typically practiced in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day, third day of the four-day Pongal festival. The term 'jallikattu' is derived from the tamil words 'jalli' and 'kattu'. Jalli refers to gold or silver coins. Kattu means 'tied'. Therefore, combined together it ...

Even though thousands have gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach and at other places in Tamil Nadu, some say these unprecedented protests are not just about Jallikattu. Most people who are demanding that the bull taming sport should be allowed, have possibly never even been a part of a Jallikattu event, even as audience. And yet, they are protesting w...

A 55-year-old man was gored to death outside the venue of the bull taming event in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Around thirty others were injured in the event as well.

Two spectators, including a boy, were gored to death by bulls during a Jallikattu event at Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district today.

Two persons, including a bull tamer, were killed in separate jallikattu events in Tamil Nadu on Monday.

A 26-year-old bull tamer, who appeared unstoppable in taming nine bulls, succumbed after he was gored by a bull at the Jallikattu event in Palamedu in Madurai district on Monday, police said.

The bull taming sport, Jallikattu's first event of the year began with fanfare in Pudukkottai District of Tamil Nadu on Sunday, which saw active participation of young men.

Congress's Rahul Gandhi celebrated Pongal in poll-bound Tamil Nadu today with a call to Tamil sentiments. "I have come here to give a message to those who think that they can run roughshod over Tamil people, can push aside Tamil language and Tamil culture," he said at an event of Jallikattu, the state's traditional bull taming sport.

The traditional bull-taming event Jallikattu started today in Tamil Nadu's Madurai amid strict safety guidelines due to the coronavirus pandemic. Up to 150 people can participate in the event that involves setting free bulls on a fenced street while the men attempt to tame the animals.

Rahul Gandhi will visit Tamil Nadu on Thursday, when the festival of Pongal will be celebrated, and witness the controversial bull taming event ''Jallikattu''.

The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' (PETA) India chapter has released a 73-page report and video footage to demonstrate how cruelty is being meted out to animals during the bull taming festival of Jallikattu, besides the custom's disregard for human life.

Animal rights advocacy group, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has written to a Tamil Nadu Minister, whose bull died during a jallikattu event, seeking his support to repeal an act passed to ensure conduct of the bull taming event in the state.

Jallikattu is a tradition practiced to worship cattle stock, celebrated during the festival of Pongal, mainly in Tamil Nadu. Jallikattu is a sport where a bull is released into a crowd of people and the participants try to hold on to its hump for as long as they can, attempting to tame it.

Two spectators died, one of them gored by a bull, and 80 persons were injured in the 'jallikattu' (bull taming) sport at M Pudur area of the district today, police said.

Six persons were seriously injured in the Jallikattu event held today at Palamedu village 25 km from here, one of the hubs for bull taming sport in the state, after a two year gap.

Jallikaatu could be referred to as bull taming event typically practiced in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day, third day of the four-day Pongal festival. The term 'jallikattu' is derived from the tamil words 'jalli' and 'kattu'. Jalli refers to gold or silver coins. Kattu means 'tied'. Therefore, combined together it ...

Even though thousands have gathered at Chennai's Marina Beach and at other places in Tamil Nadu, some say these unprecedented protests are not just about Jallikattu. Most people who are demanding that the bull taming sport should be allowed, have possibly never even been a part of a Jallikattu event, even as audience. And yet, they are protesting w...

A 55-year-old man was gored to death outside the venue of the bull taming event in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. Around thirty others were injured in the event as well.