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  Jallikattu 2025 kicks off in Madurai with 1,100 bulls, 900 tamers, attracting participation

  January 14, 2025 9:38 IST

  The 2025 Jallikattu festival in Madurai kicked off with 1,100 bulls and 900 tamers, showcasing Tamil Nadu's vibrant culture and attracting global attention with strict safety measures and exciting prizes.

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  From Bihu to Lohri: A vibrant journey through India's January harvest festivals | Pics

  Fashion & Lifestyle | January 12, 2025 14:38 IST

  Magh Bihu, Pongal, Makar Sankranti, Lohri, and Jallikattu are vibrant harvest festivals celebrated with community events, rituals, and performances to honor nature, express gratitude for abundance, and mark seasonal transitions, fostering unity and cultural heritage.

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  Tamil Nadu celebrates first 'Jallikattu' of 2025 | See in pics

  India | January 04, 2025 12:50 IST

  Jallikattu 2025: Jallikattu is an age-old bull-taming event celebrated mostly in Tamil Nadu as part of Pongal celebrations. In Jallikattu, a bull is released into a crowd of people, and participants in the event try to grab the large hump on the bull's back, attempting to bring the bull to a stop.

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  Tamil Nadu: Two, including minor, gored to death at Jallikattu bull-taming festival in Sivaganga

  India | January 17, 2024 16:25 IST

  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.

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  Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu: 42 injured during bull-taming event in Palamedu

  January 16, 2024 20:18 IST

  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.

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  Tamil Nadu: 45 people injured during Jallikattu in Madurai

  January 15, 2024 15:52 IST

  At 45 people were injured during the bull-taming festival Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district.

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  Bull taming sport 'Jallikattu' begins in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai | WATCH

  January 15, 2024 9:57 IST

  Jallikattu is a popular bull-embracing sport traditionally played in Tamil Nadu during the Pongal harvest festival in the second week of January.

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  Jallikattu 2024: Over 12,000 bulls, 4,500 bull tamers enlisted for festival in Tamil Nadu's Madurai

  January 12, 2024 11:54 IST

  Jallikattu 2024: Sri Lanka recently hosted its first Jallikattu event in Triconmalee, with the country's Eastern Province Governor Senthil Thondaman and Malaysia's member of parliament Saravanan Murugan flagging off the event on January 6.

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  Jallikattu to continue in Tamil Nadu as SC allows bull-taming sport, says 'it's part of cultural'

  India | May 18, 2023 12:43 IST

  "Jallikattu", also known as "Eruthazhuvuthal", is a traditional bull-taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as part of the Pongal harvest festival.

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  Supreme Court asks Tamil Nadu govt- How Jallikattu necessary for preserving native breed of bulls?

  India | December 01, 2022 23:37 IST

  Jallikattu Supreme Court: Some of the petitioners had argued before the apex court that when the law prohibits cruelty to animals there cannot be an amending Act which perpetuates cruelty.

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  Before Jai Bhim, these Indian films generated huge Oscar buzz

  Entertainment | February 08, 2022 14:21 IST

  Mother India, Salaam Bombay and Lagaan have been top contenders from India for an Oscar win in the Best Foreign Film category but all three of them have lost at their times. Jai Bhim is in the running for a Best Film nomination at the 94th Oscars among 276 films.

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  Tamil Nadu: One dead, 80 injured in 'Jallikattu' competition

  India | January 15, 2022 7:18 IST

  According to the official, the injured includes 38 bull tamers, 24 bull owners, and 18 spectators.

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  Tamil Nadu issues fresh SOPs for Jallikattu fest amid rising Covid cases | Details

  India | January 10, 2022 19:07 IST

  According to the state government circular, only 150 spectators or 50 per cent of the seating capacity (whichever is less) will be allowed. The spectators must carry full vaccination certificate or negative RT-PCR test report not older than 48 hours.

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  Only native breed bulls can participate in Jallikattu, Madras HC orders

  India | September 02, 2021 15:50 IST

  The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered the Tamil Nadu government to ensure that bulls of native breed are allowed to participate in the Jallikattu events and not foreign or hybrid bulls.  

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  Oscars 2021: Jallikattu fails to make the cut in the Best International Feature category

  February 10, 2021 10:17 IST

  Oscars 2021: The Malayalam-language movie 'Jallikattu' is not part of the shortlist of 15 features that will be vying for a spot in the final five, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announced on Wednesday. 

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  'Mark my words,' centre will be forced to take back farm laws: Rahul Gandhi

  News | January 14, 2021 19:49 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that Centre will be forced to take farm laws back. He said, "Mark my words. Take it from me.

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  Watch: Bull tamers raise slogans against farm laws during Jallikattu event

  News | January 14, 2021 19:41 IST

  Bull tamers on January 14 raised slogans against farm laws amid Jallikattu event in Tamil Nadu's Madurai. The bull tamers also showed black flag against Centre.

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  Festive fervour: India celebrates Makar Sankarti, Pongal, Maghi, Bihu. See pics

  India | January 14, 2021 12:35 IST

  People celebrated harvest festivals, in various parts of the country under different names -- Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Bihu, Uttarayan and Paush Parva across various states on Thursday.

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  Rahul Gandhi in Madurai today, to witness Jallikattu in bid to lend 'moral' support to farmers prote

  India | January 14, 2021 8:43 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Tamil Nadu on Thursday, the Pongal day and witness a bull taming event, 'Jallikattu,' the party's state president K S Alagiri earlier said.

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  Rahul Gandhi to return from foreign trip tonight, likely to visit TN for 'Jallikattu' tomorrow

  India | January 13, 2021 12:09 IST

  Rahul Gandhi would lend his moral support to farmers protesting against the new farm laws across the country by witnessing the sport at Avaniapuram in Madurai district.