The festival was originally scheduled to take place on January 6, but was postponed for a few days due to some security reasons
Post Date – 10:30 PM, Sunday – 1/8/23
The festival was originally scheduled to take place on January 6, but was postponed for a few days due to some security reasons
Chennai: Thousands of people gathered in Thatchankurichi village in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district on Sunday to watch and take part in the first Jallikattu festival of the season, while 74 people were injured in the cattle training.
Hundreds of bulls were transported in minivans to Thatchankurichi village in Gandarvakottai taluk while a heavy police presence was deployed to manage and control the crowd gathered at the venue. The festival was originally scheduled to take place on January 6, but was postponed for a few days due to certain security reasons.
As many as 485 bulls were released one by one as trainers attempted to tackle and control them in a marked area filled with coconut pith. Trainers must present a negative RT-PCR test report taken the day before to participate in the competition.
The Bulls were also tested for doping before being allowed to travel to “Vadivasal”, or ground entry point. A medical team of 20 people was deployed on the scene, and a “108” ambulance convoy was deployed to take the wounded to the nearby Thanjavur Medical College Hospital.
Jallikattu was declared open by State Ministers S. Raghupathy and Siva V. Meyyanathan, and district collector Kavitha Ramu took the oath to the tamers and handed over T-shirts to them.
