Jallikattu: The bull-taming festival takes place in Tamil Nadu

Participants try to tame a bull during the traditional bull-taming festival Jallikattu in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, Tamil Nadu, on Monday, January 15, 2018. (AP Photo)

Jallikattu involves releasing a bull into a crowd of people who attempt to grab it and ride it (AP Photo)

A bull faces a crowd of tamers during a traditional bull-taming festival called "Jallikattu," in the village of Palamedu, near Madurai, (AP Photo)

A 19-year-old spectator was gored to death during a Jallikattu event organised at Palamedu, on Monday.

Palamedu is one of the main arenas of Jallikattu, in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu. (AP Photo)

According to police, more than 25 people were injured including six who suffered injuries and remain being treated at the hospital. (AP Photo)

The deceased, S Kalimuthu, was a youth who came from Sanarpatti in Dindigul to witness the annual event (AP Photo)

The event organised under strict restrictions has had guests such as the state revenue minister R B Udayakumar, president of Jallikattu Peravai P Rajasekar. (AP Photo)

The entire event was monitored by a team of police and revenue officials headed by Madurai district collector K Veera Raghava Rao. (AP Photo)

A bull is seen here surrounded by participants trying to tame. (AP Photo)

The bull-taming festival has been in the news recently as the Supreme Court had in 2016 put a ban on Jallikattu citing animal welfare concerns. (AP Photo)

Protests rocked Tamil Nadu in January 2017 demanding the SC to lift the ban (AP Photo)

The Tamil Nadu government in late January 2017 passed an ordinance allowing Jallikattu to go on. (AP Photo)

Jallikattu is a harvest festival celebrated around Pongal in Tamil Nadu. (AP Photo)