Madurai: The jallikattu competition was held in madurai palamet. Chief Minister Stalin presented a car to Tamilarasan from Alankanallur Chinnapatti who tamed the maximum number of 23 bulls. A warrior taming 9 bulls died after being run over by a bull. 36 people including a police inspector were injured.
On the occasion of Pongal festival, Madurai district’s first jallikattu competition was held in Avaniyapuram yesterday. 2- The Commercial Taxes Minister Murthy inaugurated the jallikattu competition which took place yesterday at Palamet at the Yellowstone river grounds.
The wrestlers took the oath before the start of the match. Bullocks belonging to village temples were first untied at the gate. Thereafter, 100 bulls per round were released one after the other on a token basis. As the bulls charged, the cowherds grabbed their tamils and subdued them. A lot of prizes like laptop, cooker, LED TV, fridge, gold coin, bed, mattress, bicycle, bureau, etc were given to the soldiers who tamed the bulls and the bulls that were not caught were given special prizes like gold coin.
25 players were fielded in each round to tame the bulls. In this, Arvind Rajan from Palamet was playing well by suppressing 9 bulls. Qualifying for the 5th round, he tried to tame the bulls with a penchant for winning the prize of the best bullfighter. Then unexpectedly a bull punched him in the stomach. He was seriously injured and admitted to Madurai Rajaji Government Hospital. He died without treatment.
A total of 860 bulls were unchained in the 9 round competition. In this, Tamilarasan from Alankanallur Chinnapatti tamed the maximum number of 23 bulls and stood first. He was gifted a car by Chief Minister Stalin. Palamedu Bose, who tamed 19 bulls and stood 2nd, was presented with a bike on behalf of Minister Udayanidhi Stalin.
The bull of Rengarajapuram Manikarthik, who was selected as the best bull, was awarded a bike and the bull of Dindigul Ramesh, who was selected as the 2nd runner-up, was awarded a cow with a native breed calf. 36 people including police inspector, village assistant and soldiers were injured in the match.
Madurai Collector Anees Shekhar, Corporation Commissioner Simranjeet Singhalon, MLAs Venkatesan, Bhoominathan and Jallikattu administrators participated in the jallikattu event. South Zone IG Azra Garg supervised by IG Intelligence. Senthilvelan, DIG Ponni, SPs Sivaprasad (Madurai), Bhaskaran (Dindigul) and Dongre Pravin Umesh (Theni) led by 1,500 policemen were deployed for security.
Chief Minister Rs.3 lakh relief
Meanwhile, 623 bulls and 315 cowherds participated in the jallikattu held yesterday at Periya Suriur in Trichy district. Arvind (25), a bogline driver from Kannakonpatti in Pudukottai district who was participating as a spectator, died when the bull hit him. Following this, Chief Minister Stalin has ordered to pay Rs.3 lakh each from the Chief Minister’s General Relief Fund to the families of the 2 people who died in Balamedu and Suriyur jallikattu competitions.
The world famous Alanganallur jallikattu is happening today. It will be inaugurated by Minister Udayanidhi Stalin. 1,000 bulls and 300 players participate in it. It has been announced that gold coins will be given to all the bulls.