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MADURAI TURNS BULLISH: Can the three-day festival of Pongal, the harvest festival, be complete without the rough and tumble of jallikattu,
the bull-taming event, which is held annually 
in places down South? Absolutely no, would be the answer coming from many lips. Pongal may have
come and gone, but for the exuberant men, mostly comprising fiery youth, not a year passes without the memory of maiming of limbs and loss of life,
for that matter, while trying to subdue the bull in 
distant Palamedu near Madurai. What grabbed 
attention  this year was the mandatory breathalyser
test for man and beast; however, the thrills and 
spills were not lacking. Lensman R Giri captured the 
action in his frame when he was in Palamedu
to witness the bull-taming event.

 
 
BUMPY TRAVEL: A rough ride makes one rough on 
Dr Ambedkar College Road, 
Opposite Pulianthope Police Station.
Photo: T Shankaran

 
 
 
PROFUSION OF POPULATION: It was fun and frolic at the usual tourist spots in the city with Kaanum 
Pongal crowds. The Marina was, to use the inevitable (and irritating) cliche, a sea of humanity. 
The zoo, the theme parks, the theatres all 
were packed with population, so to say. Our
cameramen A R Jayakumar and R Thiagarajan 
bring glimpses from two such spots.

 
 
TIGER, TIGER, BURNING BRIGHT: Performers doing a tiger dance 
organised by  Scouts and Guides on Kamaraj Salai as part of the 
Pongal celebrations in  Chennai.
Photo: R Thiyagarajan

 
 
Ministers Arcot N Veerasamy and Parthi Ilamvazhuthy and Mayor M Subramaniam after 
playing floral tributes to former Chief Minister M G Ramachandran's photograph 
on his birth anniversary today. 

 
Sniffer dogs demonstrating their skills at the 50th 
All India Police Duty  Meet held at Avadi in Chennai today.  

 
 
Pongal was celebrated with enthusiasm and traditional 
fervour by  the officials and staff of Aavin. 

 
 
 
PACKED LIKE SARDINES: One too many is how a passerby would look at this tricycle 
carrying school children on P T Rajan Salai at K K Nagar.
Photo: B Anand

 
SHEER ELEGANCE: Danseuse Apoorva Ramani, 
disciple of Sujatha Mohan, rendering a bharthanatyam 
recital at Vani Mahal in Chennai yesterday.
Photo: A Prathap

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