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It's a bull run for bell & chain makers as jallikattu rings in the moolah in south TN
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|January 02, 2025
WITH jallikattu around the corner, traders and manufacturers are eyeing a profitable season as there is an increasing demand for bells, chains, anklets and ropes among bull owners and tamers.
Sources said, over 50 families are involved in the chain and bell making business from across Sivaganga, Madurai, Theni and Dindigul districts.
The jallikattu events will take place in Alanganallur, Palamedu, and Avaniyapuram in Madurai and Siravayal in Sivaganga in the second and third week of January.
R Karthik (35) of Okkur in Sivaganga is a maker and trader of accessories for bulls. He had given up his career as a teacher to take up his ancestral business of selling accessories for Jallikattu bulls.
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