🎈Jallikattu events are currently being held across Tamil Nadu. The bull taming sport is believed to be at least 2,000 years old, and integral to the celebration of Pongal in the south and central districts of Tamil Nadu, a veritable Jallikattu belt. 🎈Once played merely as a way to show off strength, and unimaginably so, a test of virility of the male youth in the belt, it soon evolved into a competitive sport with high stakes, and, more recently, controversy. 🎈A total of 9,699 bulls and 5,399 eager tamers have registered to participate in the Jallikattu events in Madurai. The State has to play a delicate balancing act, given the local fervour for the sport and the rules that they must follow.