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The seven days of jallikattu protests

January 19, 2017 01:20 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 11:58 pm IST

The Hindu Net Desk

The Hindu Net Desk

gridlocked: Traffic was hit after protesters and students, seeking revocation of the ban on jallikattu, spilled over on to Kamarajar Salai in Chennai on Wednesday. — Photo: S.R. Raghunathan

gridlocked: Traffic was hit after protesters and students, seeking revocation of the ban on jallikattu, spilled over on to Kamarajar Salai in Chennai on Wednesday. — Photo: S.R. Raghunathan

In what is being seen as an 'uprising', Tamil Nadu has witnessed protests for over three days now with students, celebrities and activists stationed across many districts in the State demanding that the ban on jallikattu be lifted.

Follow this page as The Hindu 's correspondents and photographers track updates from across the State.

Collection - 83 stories

The end of a protest

The sea of enthusiastic protesters on the Marina.

Anatomy of a protest

Radhika Santhanam

Escalating tensions: Normal life came to a standstill in Chennai around noon following incidents of arson and road blockade.

Centre says it is monitoring situation in Tamil Nadu

Protesters and police personnel clash on a road leading to the Marina after police attempted to clear the protesters early on Monday morning.

Chennai streets turn a battleground

Police chase away people who took part in a road roko organised by Left parties at Gandhipuram in the city on Monday.

Pro-jallikattu protests in Coimbatore end with agitation, violence

Pro-jallikattu protesters staging a demonstration outside Tamukkam ground in Madurai on Monday. — Photos: S. James S_JAMES;S_JAMES

WhatsApp message from Ukraine triggered the Tamukkam protest

After being held up for five days by pro-jallikattu protesters, the Coimbatore - Nagercoil train moving from the railway bridge to Madurai Junction, on Monday.

Train services through Madurai junction resume

Rail blockade earned wrath of people: Chamber

Special Correspondent

Supporters of jallikattu staging a demonstration with national flags outside the Tamukkam ground in Madurai on Monday.

Protest for jallikattu at Tamukkam ends

Special Correspondent

Jallikattu supporters carrying a toy bull after ending the protest in Ramanathapuram on Monday.

Jallikattu protests end on peaceful note

Special Correspondent

A bride who was caught in traffic jam on Monday.

Public transport in Chennai grinds to a halt

School students were put to hardship as the jallikattu protests turned violent in Chennai.

Violence forces schools, colleges close early

Stir at Alanganallur ends with violence

Pon Vasanth B.A

Police lathi charge protesters who refused to leave the venue on Monday.

Violence breaks out in Alanganallur after eviction of protesters

Pon Vasanth B.A

STEADFAST: Jallikattu protesters contintuing their protest at Tamukkam ground in Madurai on Sunday.

Jallikattu protesters firm on permanent solution

Supporters of Jallikattu stage a demonstration with National Flags outside of Tamukkam grounds in connection with Jallikattu issue in Madurai on Monday.

Policeman on duty killed by bull at jallikattu in village of Virudhunagar district; Assembly passes Bill

The Hindu Net Desk

Standing their ground: Protesters staging a road-roko in Alanganallur on Sunday. Many of them felt that the Chief Minister was trying to appropriate credit for an event that wouldn’t have been held if not for the public protests.

Indications were clear that event couldn’t be held at Alanganallur

Pon Vasanth B.A

Protesters put up stiff resistance in Coimbatore

Still going strong: Protesters continued to throng the Marina even after an ordinance paving the way for the conduct of jallikattu was promulgated on Saturday.

A movement to reclaim Tamil pride

Several software employees stage demonstration in front of the DC Office in Msyuru on Friday.

Software companies in Mysuru join pro-jallikattu protest

Special Correspondent

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. File photo

Rajnath assures action on promulgation of jallikattu ordinance

List of cancelled and diverted train services

SC agrees to Centre’s plea to delay Jallikattu verdict

Krishnadas Rajagopal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam in New Delhi on Thursday.

Tamil Nadu to take ordinance route for conducting Jallikattu

Dennis S. Jesudasan

Rajiv Ranjan, Senior Superintendent of Police (Law and Order) addresses the students.

Political parties support bandh call

Seven students faint

Special Correspondent

Lorries to stay off roads

Special Correspondent

Hotels, shops to down shutters

Coimbatore Bureau

Students of Government Arts College in Udhagamandalam staging a demonstration on Thursday.

Residents stage agitations

College students form a human chain at VOC Park Grounds in the city on Thursday, demanding a ban on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and permission to conduct jallikattu.

Apolitical groups extend solidarity as protest enters third day

Coimbatore Bureau

‘Youths’ protest will script resounding victory’

Special Correspondent

Women show up in large numbers at protest

Udhav Naig,T.K. Rohit

A show of strength and solidarity

Special Correspondent

Tamil Nadu to shut down today

Special Correspondent

A.R. Rahman and Viswanathan Anand.

Celebrities lend star power

Up in arms: Youngsters from Tamil Nadu stage a protest in support of Jallikattu in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: V. Sudershan

Ramadoss marches towards PM’s residence, detained

Sasikala’s claims are misleading, says PETA

Special Correspondent

TNAU Management Board member resigns

A pro-jallikattu protest was held at Town Hall in Bengaluru.

‘From sport, jallikattu has transformed into cultural identity’

Protesters continue to throng the Marina beach promenade where thousands are streaming in to protest the ban on jallikattu. Families with children in tow were a sight on the waterfront on Thusday night.

For Centre and T.N., the options are tricky but worth a try

Special Correspondent

Alanganallur unmoved by CM’s Delhi visit

Pon Vasanth B.A

Lawyers’ fora call for court boycott

Centre is anti-Tamil: Opposition

Special Correspondent

PIL against policeexcess dismissed

Special Correspondent

Tamil Nadu to shut down today

Special Correspondent

All traders in Madurai to down shutters today

Southern Railway cancels trains

Special Correspondent

A section of the huge crowd gathered outside Tamukkam ground in Madurai on Thursday demanding the lifting of ban on Jallikattu.

Students’ protest attracts more crowd at Tamukkam

Special Correspondent

Youth staging protest on Kamarajar Salai on Thursday.

Traffic thrown out of gear for second day in Chennai

Techies protesting in between shifts, after work

Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi

TN can enact law to treat jallikattu as traditional sport: Rohatgi

Thousands of protesters gather in the Marina Beach promenade on Thursday to protest the ban imposed on Jallikattu by the Supreme Court. Students from many colleges have joined the protest.

As jallikattu protests snowball, TN to shut down

Celebrities welcome, till they grab the mike

Naam Tamilar Katchi cadre climb up mobile tower

Special Correspondent

Thousands of passengers stranded as trains stop at Dindigul

Jallikattu protesters get more backing

A protest by students forced a train to halt on a bridge in Madurai.

Jallikattu ban: Students force train to a halt in Madurai

Students’ protests attract more crowds

Students proceeding towards Marina Beach, the hotbed of pro-jallikattu movement, from Wallajah Road in Chennai.

‘Protest will not end till a bull runs on to the ring’

Deepu Sebastian Edmond

Jallikattu: MHA awaits reply from Environment Ministry

Students stage a protest in support of jallikattu in Udhagamandalam on Friday.

Cannot direct Centre, TN to frame special law on jallikattu: HC

Youngsters take out a procession in support of Jallikattu on Poonamallee High Road on Friday.

Govt would reach decision on jallikattu by weekend: Dave

Woman, uninterrupted

A simmering resentment

TRENDING TEES A new style statement. Photo: Special Arrangement

The bull is trending

Writer’s block

When two eras overlap

Bishwanath Ghosh

Students stage rail roko near Salem Town Railway Station.

Jallikattu protest: Changes in train timings

More people throng pro-jallikattu protest venue

Jallikattu protests

The limits to popular sentiment

Jallikattu: protests continue in Kancheepuram

V. Venkatasubramanian

Girls demanding a ban on PETA in Tiruchi on Wednesday.

Protest rocks Tiruchi, Thanjavur districts

Closure of college: Students hold talk with management

Jallikattu supporters staging a demonstration at Amma Park in Ramanathapuram on Wednesday.

Ban PETA, say protesters

A DAY OF AGITATIONS: Protesters broke the windshield of a car on Marina beach in support of the jallikattu on Wednesday.

Traffic hit on many roads

Special Correspondent

POPULAR SURGE: College students protesting at the old bus stand in support of jallikattu in Vellore on Wednesday.

College students join protest for jallikattu in Vellore

Protests continue in Tiruvannamalai

PUDUCHERRY, 18/01/2017: Students taking out a procession in support of Jallikattu in Puducherry on January 18, 2017. Photo: T.Singaravelou

Students show solidarity with jallikattu supporters

Youngsters staging a protest at Tamukkam ground in Madurai on Wednesday.

Thousands gather at Tamukkam demanding jallikattu

Special Correspondent

Seeman begins separate protest

Special Correspondent

GAINING MOMENTUM: Students of St: Xavier’s College in Palayamkottai staging a demonstration on their college premises on Wednesday in support of jallikattu; lawers organising a rooster fight on Tirunelveli-Trichendur Highway.
Students from various colleges and general public at VOC Stadium in Palayamkottai.

Protest for ‘jallikattu’ gains greater momentum

Pro-jallikattu protesters on the Marina Beach promenade in Chennai on Tuesday.

Protest on Marina brings traffic to a standstill

Stir intensifies at Alanganallur

Pon Vasanth B.A

Youth staging a protest against PETA and urging Centre to lift ban on jallikattu at Mattuthavani Integrated Vegetable Market in Madurai on Tuesday.

Protests for jallikattu spread far and wide

Special Correspondent

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