Jallikattu: Tug of war over bull-taming festival in Tamil Nadu continues

Trained bulls are lead through a restricted path; locals jump onto hump of bulls and try conquer it

With Pongal, the biggest agriculture-related festival of Tamil Nadu being round the corner, the controversy on Jallikattu, a bull-taming sport celebrated in Pongal, has once again come to the fore. 

What has been a tug of war between the traditional Tamil culture and a group of animal lovers, has also been intertwined with court cases and political discussions in the state and the centre.

The 2000-year-old traditional practice of taming a bull, which is linked with the cultural tradition of Tamil Nadu as a popular sport among warriors since the “Sangam era” finds a mention in the