Overview
- Over 900 bulls and nearly 300 tamers took part in the first Tamil Nadu event at Thachankurichi in Pudukottai, marking the state’s 2026 start.
- Ministers S Regupathy and Siva V Meyyanathan and District Collector M Aruna inaugurated the meet, with participants entering through the vadivasal.
- Organisers offered prizes including motorcycles, bicycles, and traditional pots for winning tamers and bull owners.
- Authorities deployed more than 250 police, seven mobile medical teams, and five veterinary teams, with eight ambulances on standby, according to The Hindu.
- A day earlier in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati district, police reported at least five injuries at Kotha Shanambatla, while RUIA Hospital logged three admissions, and about 200 bulls arrived from Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka.