One of the top 3 Jallikattu in Tamilnadu, Jallikattu is going well with usual enthusiasm at Balamet. Tamilarasan, who came first by taming 23 bulls, won the car as a prize.
On the occasion of Pongal festival, Jallikattu started at 8 am and ended at 4:30 pm at Balamedu Manjamalaiswamy river bank. A total of 860 bulls were released. The bulls fought and tamed the bulls that rushed from the gate.
Prizes were immediately awarded to the bull tamers and to the owners of bulls that were not owned by anyone.
As of the fifth round, Mani was on top with 18 bulls. In the next places were Raja who held 15 bulls and Tamilarasan who tamed 11 bulls.
A young man named Tamilarasan from Chinnapatti who was in the fifth and third position performed superbly in the subsequent rounds and won the bulls and won prizes.
Tamilarasan overcame his rivals and took the top spot at the end of the Palamedu Jallikattu with a brilliant performance in the final stages.
Tamilarasan came first after taming a total of 23 bulls. He was gifted a car worth Rs 7 lakh.
Chinnapatti Tamilarasan who tamed 23 bulls was the first
Palamedu Mani, who tamed 19 bulls, came second
Mani from Balamet tamed 19 bulls and finished second.
Similarly, the first two bulls that performed best in the field against the players were selected and their owners were given prizes.
Prize to the owner of the best bull
9699 bulls have been registered online to participate in the jallikattu competition held at three places namely Avaniyapuram, Palamedu and Alankanallur and about 1000 bulls are allowed to participate in each competition.
In particular, only native breed bulls are allowed in competitions.
A cowherd named Vijay, who tamed 28 bulls and won a car worth 7 lakhs in the Jallikattu competition held yesterday in Avaniyapuram, has announced that he will no longer participate in Jallikattu competitions.
The competition starts from 8 am. About 900 cows have come to participate in this. 335 players registered to catch them. 25 players allowed per round. A round is 45 minutes.
Medical examination is being done for the bulls from different districts who will participate in the competition. Similarly, the cowherd players are allowed to participate in the competition only after the verification of the corona vaccination certificate is done.
As soon as the competition started, the village temple bulls at Balamet were first untied from Wadivasal. It is customary that none of the cowherds should catch them. Various kinds of prizes including car, bike, cycle, bureau, bed were given to the best players and bulls in the competition.
A cowherd tamil was valiantly holding back a bull that ran out during the competition. For a long time the bull leapt and struggled to get him away, then spun round and threw him down and flew away.
Cow knocking death
image source, Madurai PRO
Aravindharajan died after being hit by a cow
Cowherd Aravindharajan, who took part in the Balamedu Jallikattu and caught 9 cows, was injured and taken to the hospital after being hit by a cow. Aravindharajan died while undergoing treatment at Madurai Rajaji Government Hospital. Arvind, a spectator from Pudukottai district, died after being run over by a cow during a jallikattu competition held at Suriyur in Trichy district. He had come to see the jallikattu competition when he was run over by a cow and died.
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