Madurai: Alanganallur gears up to organise Jallikattu

In Tamil Nadu, Jallikattu is being organized on the coming Friday in Alanganallur, in Madurai. The famous venue for the bull taming sport is being held after a gap of three years ,with organizers announcing attractive prizes, including a car for the winner.

Jallikattu is usually held during the harvest festival of Pongal in mid-January, but could not be organised in the past three years in view of the ban on the sport.

With the Tamil Nadu government promulgating an ordinance and subsequently getting a Bill passed in the state assembly allowing jallikattu, the event is being held in several parts of the state in the past few days.

The government's intervention came after a week-long protest largely by youths, including students, in the Marina Beach in Chennai, and elsewhere in the state.