NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, FEB 24
Two persons including a student were gored to death while 17 others were injured, one of them seriously, during jallikattu (bull-taming) in Coimbatore and Dindigul on Sunday.
Subash Chandra Bose (24) of Pudukkottai died after the horn of a bull went to his chest while another Murugan (37) of Madurai district got critically hurt when another bull gored him in his throat, while a plus two student P. Nagaraj was gored to death by a bull at an event organised by St. Antony’s Church at Nallamanaickenpatti in Dindigul district on Sunday THE HINDU has reported
In Coimbatore about 1,000 bulls and 820 tamers took part in the event flagged off by Tamil Nadu Minister for Municipal Administration S P Velumani.
கோவை மாவட்ட நிர்வாகமும், கோவை ஜல்லிக்கட்டு சங்கமும் இணைந்து 3 வது ஆண்டாக நடத்தும் ஜல்லிக்கட்டு போட்டியை செட்டிப்பாளையத்தில் தொடங்கி வைத்தேன். 1000க்கும் அதிகமான காளைகளுடன் மல்லுக்கட்ட 600 வீரர்கள் பங்கேற்றுள்ளனர். pic.twitter.com/wL0nw9IWby
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Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan was the guest of honour at the event organised by the district administration and Coimbatore Jallikattu Association.
Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, who was present, told reporters that there was a need to develop the traditional sport further and asked the stakeholders to improve the sport to make it safe, both for bulls and tamers.
Ajay of Madurai was adjudged as the best tamer as he was successful in taming 20 bulls. He received a Maruti Alto car and a three-cent land as a prize.
