The Jallikattu sport, which is believed to be more than 2,000 years old, is extremely popular in Tamil Nadu during the three-day Pongal harvest festival in January in which hundreds of bull ...

Jallikattu is a bull-taming sport that has traditionally been part of the festival of Pongal. However, the practice has long been contested, with animal rights groups and the courts concerned over ...

The centuries-old bull-taming tradition, Jallikattu, commenced on Tuesday January 14, 2024 in Avaniyapuram, Madurai, marking the start of the state's Pongal celebrations. IMAGE: A participant ...

Madurai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 14 (ANI): The world-renowned three-day Jallikattu event in Tamil Nadu's Madurai kicked off on Tuesday, with Avaniyapuram village holding its first-day event ...

PUDUKKOTTAI: The jallikattu season has commenced in the run-up to the Pongal festivities with Thachankurichi village near Gandarvakottai in the district holding the first of the traditional bull ...

Dindigul: More than 30 people were injured in the Periakalayamputhur jallikattu near Palani in Dindigul district on Thursday. Every year, during the Pongal season, the jallikattu is held in this ...

A particularly irate bull tore through his skin one winter morning at a jallikattu tournament in the year 2000. “I was almost killed,” recalls the 43-year-old bull tamer, who has now retired.

MADURAI: With Avaniyapuram all set to host the first jallikattu event of the season on January 14, it is all ‘bulls’ and whistles in Madurai city, with bull tamers, owners and officials on ...

Madurai City Police have planned traffic regulation in and around Avaniyapuram from Monday morning in connection with the jallikattu event to be held at Avaniyapuram on Tuesday. A statement said ...

Madurai: The world-renowned three-day Jallikattu event in Tamil Nadu's Madurai kicked off on Tuesday, with Avaniyapuram village holding its first-day event which features 1,100 bulls and 900 bull ...