Mattu Pongal, and Kannam Pongal. An integral part of the Pongal celebration in Tamil Nadu is Jallikattu, a highly controversial bull-taming sport. Jallikattu involves special-reared and trained ...

including the giving of milk rice to the Sun deity and the famous bull-taming sport of Jallikattu. The festival is celebrated over four days with Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal, Mattu Pongal ...

Mattu Pongal, celebrated on third day, involves worshipping of cattle. Jallikattu events are held in many villages. Jallikattu involves taming of bulls. Timings for Pongal Festival in Madurai It ...

This is South India’s famous bull-taming festival — Jallikattu — celebrated across Tamil Nadu state during the four-days of Pongal or the harvest festival. The bull taming games — kicked ...

With a steep rise in the daily cases of COVID-19, the district administration in Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet and Tirupattur, have banned the conduct of Jallikattu events, ahead of Pongal ...