Bumper Prizes for Jallikattu participants

Chennai, February 5: Many Bumper prizes are awaiting for the Jallikattu competitors in Alanganallur, which will be held on Feb 10. The organizers are announced attractive prizes, including car, for the winner of the bull-taming sport on Saturday.

Besides the car, the winner of the event would also get gold coins, steel cupboard, cots and mega vessels, the organizers said.

Alanganallur is very famous for jallikattu event in Madurai district.It is also used to attract a large number of spectators, including foreign tourists.

Jallikattu, usually held during the harvest festival of Pongal in mid-January, could not be organised in the past three years in view of the ban on the sport.

With the Tamil Nadu government promoting an ordinance and subsequently getting a Bill passed in the state assembly allowing Jallikattu, the event is being held in several parts of the state in the past few days.

The government intervention came after a week-long protest largely by youths, including students, in the Marina Beach in Chennai, and elsewhere in the state, including here last month.

Organizers here said registration for the bulls and sportsmen would begin on Feb 6 and 7 respectively.

Meanwhile, a total of 400 bulls and 500 sportsmen participated in the Jallikattu organized at Ulagampatti in the district. The winners were given prizes ranging from SILVER coin to currency notes to furniture.