Instead of Pongal cheer, protests engulf rural Madurai over Jallikattu ban

Madurai: At least seven people have been detained in rural Madurai in Tamil Nadu for organising the bull-taming festival, Jallikattu, in defiance of the Supreme Court ban. Pongal festivities are on in Tamil Nadu, but locals from Madurai are calling it...

by Nagpur Today | Published 8 years ago
By Nagpur Today On Saturday, January 14th, 2017

Instead of Pongal cheer, protests engulf rural Madurai over Jallikattu ban

Madurai: At least seven people have been detained in rural Madurai in Tamil Nadu for organising the bull-taming festival, Jallikattu, in defiance of the Supreme Court ban. Pongal festivities are on in Tamil Nadu, but locals from Madurai are calling it...