Chennai, Jan 8(BPNS)
The first Jallikattu of the season held at Thatchankurichi in the Gandarvakottai taluk of Pudukottai district was heavy with participation. Thousands of people were present to watch and participate in the first Jallikattu festival of the season. 74 people were injured after trying to tame titanic bulls that ravaged into the field.
Hundreds of bulls were brought to the Thatchankurichi village in mini freight carriers and a heavy police posse was present to regulate and control the crowd that thronged at the venue. The festival was to be held on January 6th but was postponed by a couple of days due to some security reasons.
485 bulls were let off to the field one after the other and the tamers tried to tackle and control them in a marked area filled with coir pith. The tamers had to produce a negative RT-PCR test report taken a day before for participating in the tournament.
The bulls were also conducted dope tests and then were allowed to march into the Vadivasal or entry point into the ground. A 20-member medical team was deployed at the venue and a fleet of ‘108’ Ambulances was deployed to rush the injured to the nearby Thanjavur Medical College Hospital.
The Jallikattu was declared open by the Tamil Nadu ministers S.Raghupathy and Siva V. Meyyanathan with the district collector, Kavitha Ramu administering the oath to the tamers and handing over the tea shirts to them.
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