ORDER :

N.KIRUBAKARAN, J.

There will be parading of hundreds of pairs of bulls with balloons adorning colourfully painted horns in Mandaiveli during 'Mattu Pongal Festival' and greeted joyfully by the villagers throwing turmeric water/water on the bulls and the owners by the youngsters, preceded by a group of drummers beating their drums.

2. It is a wonderful occasion to be seen and rejoiced. This festival is being celebrated for centuries together in Tamil Nadu as a mark of respect to the bullocks which are helping the agriculturists for making cultivation. It is a sort of thanks giving function to the co-worker viz., bullocks, which are used for ploughing and transportation purposes.

3. One cannot be well off without pairs of bullocks, cows, poultry and other cattle in villages. These are all the things of the past. All of a sudden, bullocks started disappearing from villages and the village itself has lost its originality. That is the real rural position as on date. Though hundreds of pairs of bullocks would march, about 20 years ago, in almost every village, sadly as on date, only 1 or 2 or a few pairs of bullocks come to Mandaiveli during Pongal festival. It is due to various fact