1 Dead, 80 Injured As Jallikattu Contests Begin In Tamil Nadu's Madurai
NDTV
As many as 641 bulls stormed into the arena at Avaniyapuram here on Friday, setting off the jallikattu competitions during the Pongal harvest festival in Madurai.
An 18-year-old man was killed by a raging bull at the Avaniyapuram Jallikattu festival in Tamil Nadu's Madurai on Friday. The popular bull-taming competition held on Pongal day in the district left about 80 people, including tamers, bull owners and spectators injured.
The teenager Balamurugan from Madurai was gored in the chest by a bull, the police said. He was rushed to the government Rajaji Hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors, a senior police official said.
The day-long traditional sport, which concluded at about 5.10 pm, saw Karthik from Avaniyapuram emerging on top by taming 24 bulls.
"I wish I had tamed a couple more to cross the quarter- century mark," an exalted Karthik said.
