The only ‘jallikattu’ in Tiruppur district at Alagumalai village will not be held this year, according to the organising entity.
The Alagumalai Jallikattu Kaalaigal Nala Sangam, which has been conducting the event since 2018 has expressed reluctance to conduct the event this year, in view of the impending elections to the State Assembly, as also factoring in the on-going agricultural activities.
Since the venue of the Jallikattu had been a bone of contention between the Alagumalai village panchayat and the organisers, last year, Sangam had secured the permission of the district administration to conduct the event during February on an expanse of eight-acre, fallow, patta land belonging to the president of the Sangam S. Palanisamy.
During 2023, the event got delayed as the president of the Alagumalai village panchayat had moved the High Court opposing the conduct of the event, citing contravention of the Tamil Nadu Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Jallikattu) Rules, 2017.
The event was eventually conducted due to the overwhelming support of the public. The Tiruppur Yeruthazhuvudhal Jalllikattu Peravai and the public in the surrounding Masanallampalayam and Thonguttipalayam villages where native cattle species were bred in droves had been insisting on the conduct of the event.
