Hundreds participate in Alagumalai Jallikattu event

The 2017 Jallikattu protests have had a significant impact on the way the traditional sport is being played in Tamil Nadu with the population of Jallikattu bulls rising in the past two years.

Men trying to tame a bull during the Jallikattu event held in Alagumalai near Tirupur on Sunday. | EPS 

The 2017 Jallikattu protests have had a significant impact on the way the traditional sport is being played in Tamil Nadu with the number of bull tamers increasing and population of Jallikattu bulls rising in the past two years. | EPS

Chinna Gounder, a Jallikattu bull owner in charge of the Mannaparai cattle market, said that following the ban, the number of Jallikattu bulls was on the decline. | EPS

The population of Jallikattu bulls has risen and this year more than 5,000 new jallikattu bulls were bought and prepared for the sport in Tiruchy district alone. | EPS

The population of Jallikattu bulls has risen and this year more than 5,000 new jallikattu bulls were bought and prepared for the sport in Tiruchy district alone. | EPS

The population of jallikattu bulls has risen and this year more than 5,000 new jallikattu bulls were bought and prepared for the sport in Tiruchy district alone. | EPS

President of Alanganallur Jallikattu Organising Committee J Sundararajan, who hails from a family which has been organizing Jallikattu for over five generations, said that since 2017, funding has been easier to come by. | EPS

The media attention of 2017 has also led to newer official arenas springing up for the sport.

Jallikattu events can be sites of caste assertion and, therefore, oppression. | EPS

There are some who fear that the strict norms have made it harder for events to be organised. | EPS