“Pasuvula Panduga”                                                     

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Context: Native people claim that Chittoor’s ‘Jallikattu’ became a victim of ‘misunderstanding and gossip’.

About:

• Chittoor has two different harmless versions Jallikattu— Haddula Panduga and Mylara Panduga or Pasuvula Panduga.
• These rural sports are still considered as “illegal” in police parlance.
• Pasuvula Panduga, is observed on the third day of the Sankranthi festival in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
• Importance of these sports:
  • The festival is dedicated to cows, bulls and other animals that are part of agrarian economy.
  • These annual festivities are responsible for the preservation of the native breeds of cattle and the continuing love for the bulls despite mechanised agriculture practices.
• In “Haddula Panduga”, the bulls brought to the race and the participants, mostly youth, would be encouraged to stop the raging bulls by managing the long ropes tied to the animals.
• In “Mylara Panduga”, the bull would be released into the set tracks in batches, with their race completing time is calculated, and based on their performance.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/chittoors-jallikattu-a-victim-of-misunderstanding-and-gossip/article65055629.ece