Pro-jallikattu protests continue in Tamil Nadu despite CM Panneerselvam's reassurance

Protesters have been gathering in different parts of Tamil Nadu in rain and shine to mark their

A young girl holds a placard protesting jallikattu ban in Coimbatore's VOC Grounds on the fourth day of protests. (EPS | Prakash Chellamuthu) 

Women make a rangoli in support of jallikattu at Marina beach in Chennai on Saturday. (EPS | Ashwin Prasath)

Pro-jallikattu protesters gathered at Marina beach in Chennai on Saturday. (EPS | Ashwin Prasath)

College students display their support to Jallikattu through sand art on Cauvery river bed in Tiruchy. (EPS | M K Ashok Kumar)

Students stage protests with umbrellas despite unrelenting rains in front of Thamukkam Ground in Madurai on Saturday. (EPS | K K Sundar)

Traditional folk artistes perform 'maadu aatam' (cow dance) even as protesters watch and enjoy it in front of the Thamukkam Ground at Madurai on Saturday. (EPS | K K Sundar)

Protesters in Coimbatore's VOC Grounds on Friday, the fourth day of protests. (EPS | Prakash Chellamuthu)

'Narendra Modi is bad news for cattle, currency and the country,' reads a placard in VOC Grounds, Coimbatore on Friday. (EPS | Prakash Chellamuthu)

Youngsters perform fire tricks on the fourth night of jallikattu protests in Coimbatore. (EPS | Prakash Chellamuthu)

Protesters' grit continues despite unrelenting rains in Tiruchy. (EPS | M K Ashok Kumar)