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Avaniapuram jallikattu, the archetypal large bull-taming lawsuit of the Pongal play successful Madurai, held connected Thursday (January 15, 2026), was mostly escaped of adverse incidents, though astir 60 people, including bull-tamers and spectators, sustained insignificant injuries.
The lawsuit was flagged disconnected by Minister for Commercial Taxes and Registration P. Moorthy, astatine astir 7.15 a.m., successful the beingness of Madurai Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, Commissioner of Police J. Loganathan, Corporation Commissioner Chitra Vijayan, Madurai South MLA M. Boominathan, Thirupparankundram MLA V.V. Rajan Chellappa, Deputy Mayor T. Nagarajan, and different officials. The bull-tamers took an oath for a harmless jallikattu event.
As galore arsenic 937 bulls and 568 bull-tamers participated successful the 12 rounds of the event | Photo Credit: G. Moorthy
As galore arsenic 937 bulls and 568 bull-tamers participated successful the 12 rounds of the event. The participants underwent aesculapian checkups and bulls underwent fittingness tests to instrumentality portion successful the event. A integer scoreboard was introduced to guarantee transparency.
The lawsuit concluded astatine astir 7 p.m. Balamurugan of Valayankulam was adjudged the champion bull-tamer astatine the event. He won the archetypal prize, a car, for taming 22 bulls. Karthik of Avaniapuram who tamed 17 bulls was adjudged the second-best bull-tamer. He received a motorcycle arsenic prize.
A bull belonging to the Virumandi brothers of Avaniapuram was adjudged the champion bull. The bull owners received a tractor. The bull owned by G.R. Karthik Velu was adjudged the second-best bull. A golden coin was awarded to him.
Adequate constabulary unit were deployed astatine the venue to guarantee the information of people. A squad of Indian Red Cross Society volunteers assisted the participants who were injured and Animal Husbandry Department officials examined the bulls. Ambulances and occurrence engines were besides deployed astatine the venue.
The winners and participants were awarded prizes that ranged from golden coins, metallic coins, almirahs, question bags, chairs, and utensils. The enactment present moves to Palamedu jallikattu connected January 16 and the satellite celebrated jallikattu astatine Alanganallur connected January 17.
