Pudukkai man beats odds to become one of Tamil Nadu's finest bull-rearers
The New Indian Express|January 19, 2023
FORTY years ago, a 17-year-old boy from Kaikurichi in Pudukottai bought a bull, a three-year-old 'kutta komban'. The boy wanted to raise it as a jallikattu bull and pit it against the finest tamers, a dream that many of his villagers thought he wouldn't realise.
JEYALAKSHMI RAMANUJAM
Pudukkai man beats odds to become one of Tamil Nadu's finest bull-rearers

Now 57, D Tamilselvan is one of the finest bull-rearers in Tamil Nadu, having received the prestigious best bull-raiser award in Alanganallur jallikattu, twice. He turned a raconteur when asked to recount his journey.

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