One person was gored to death during a bull taming event while 67 others, including spectators, were injured in other Jallikattu events organised as part of Pongal festival across Tamil Nadu.        

The man died at Thiruvengadam village in Pudukottai district while taking part in Manjuvirattu, a different event wherein the bull is tied to a pole with a long rope and one has to tame it by holding it by the horns, police said.        

Thirty-eight people, including bull tamers and spectators, were injured in different Jallikattu events at Alanganallur in Madurai district, they said.         As many as 477 bulls were used and people from all over the state and abroad had thronged the venue. Two seriously wounded have been admitted to the government hospital here.