Jallikattu, a centuries-old bull-taming festival, is a part of Pongal celebrations on Mattu Pongal day in Tamil Nadu, which is organised annually in the first month of the year.
The best tamer and the owner of the best bull received a car from the Chief Minister after the event. Meanwhile, a total of 840 bulls were released from Vaadivaasal and nearly 1,000 tamers participated in the sport that saw the tamers' adrenaline surge.
Madurai: About 50 persons sustained injuries, seven of them seriously, in the ‘Jallikattu' (bull taming sport) held at nearby Alanganallur as part of “Pongal” (harvest festival) today, police said.Those injured included bull tamers and audience.
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