Summary:
more-inA total of 55 persons including 41 spectators and 14 tamers were injured in jallikattu (taming the bull) held at Kosavapatti village as part of Uthariya Madha Church festival on Saturday. Response from bull owners and tamers was good as the village celebrated jallikattu after a gap of three years. Even as several bull owners took their bulls to Alanganallur jallikattu held in Madurai on the same day, still Kosavapatti village attracted 300 bulls, mostly from villagers around Natham, Dindigul and nearby areas. Prizes ranging from stainless steel vessels, gold coins, bicycles, cots and almirahs worth Rs.3 lakh were given to bull owners and tamers. Earlier, the tamers took an oath not to hurt the bulls and thanked the students who fought for lifting the ban on conducting jallikattu..