As the Supreme Court’s verdict on a batch of petitions that challenge the constitutional validity of the law permitting the conduct of jallikattu in Tamil Nadu is awaited, the year’s first jallikattu in the State was conducted on January 8 at Thatchankurichi village in Pudukottai district.
The Thatchankurichi jallikattu which was earlier slated on January 6 was postponed at the eleventh hour following inspections by Pudukottai District Collector Kavitha Ramu, citing inadequate security arrangements.
As protests erupted, Law Minister S. Regupathy explained: “At a time when the jallikattu case was being heard in the Supreme Court, any minor mistake would affect conducting the event all over the State.”
Here below are the photographs taken during the jallikattu and manjuvirattu events that were conducted in Pudukottai, Tiruchi, Madurai and Sivagannga districts of Tamil Nadu, between January 8, 2023 and January 17, 2023
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A bull is unleashed and charges out of vadivasal as youths try to tame a ferocious bull during the jallikattu event at Palamedu village in Madurai district on January 16, 2023
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Bull tamers attempt to tame a bull at the jallikattu held at Periya Suriyur in Tiruchi district on January 16, 2023
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A jallikattu bull springs out of the ‘vadivasal’ during the bull taming sport held at Alanganallur near Madurai on January 17, 2023
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A bull tamer participates during the Alanganallur jallikattu in Madurai district on January 17, 2023
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A youth tries to tame a ferocious bull during the jallikattu event at Palamedu village in Madurai district on January 16, 2023
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A jallikattu bull that was unleashed into the arena tries to hurt a tamer at Periya Suriyur in Tiruchi district on January 16, 2023
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Youths try to tame a ferocious bull during the jallikattu event at Palamedu village in Madurai district on January 16, 2023
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Tamers try to tame a jallikattu bull during the jallikattu conducted at Alanganallur village in Madurai district on January 17, 2023
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Bull tamers trying to tame a bull during the ‘manjuverattu’ event held at Siravayal in Sivaganga district on January 17, 2023
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Young tamers try to tame a bull during the jallikattu event at Palamedu in Madurai district on January 16, 2023
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A participant of jallikattu held at Avaniapuram in Madurai district tries to tame a bull on January 15, 2023
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Bull tamers participating in the jallikattu event in Alanganallur near Madurai on January 17, 2023
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A tamer tries to tame a bull during the year’s first jallikattu of Tamil Nadu that was held at Thachankurichi village in Pudukkottai district on January 8, 2023
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A participant of jallikattu held at Avaniapuram in Madurai district tries to tame a bull on January 15, 2023
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A tamer tries to tame a bull during the year’s first jallikattu of Tamil Nadu that was held at Thachankurichi village in Pudukkottai district on January 8, 2023
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Jallikattu is being held at Periya Suriyur in Tiruchi district on January 16, 2023
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Bull tamers trying to tame a bull during the ‘manjuverattu’ event held at Siravayal in Sivaganga district on January 17, 2023
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A participant of jallikattu held at Avaniapuram in Madurai district tries to tame a bull on January 15, 2023
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A participant of jallikattu held at Avaniapuram in Madurai district tries to tame a bull on January 15, 2023
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Bull tamers attempt to tame a bull at the jallikattu at Periya Suriyur in Tiruchi district on January 16, 2023
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A tamer tries to tame a bull during the year’s first jallikattu of Tamil Nadu that was held at Thachankurichi village in Pudukkottai district on January 8, 2023
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A tamer tries to tame a bull during the year’s first jallikattu of Tamil Nadu that was held at Thachankurichi village in Pudukkottai district on January 8, 2023