Seven persons, mostly spectators and a bull owner, died in the jallikattu and manjuvirattu events held across Tamil Nadu on Kaanum Pongal day, police said on Friday.  Two bulls also died in separate incidents. 

At the manjuvirattu in Siravayal in Sivaganga district, Thaneesh Raja of Naduvikottai Keela Aavandhipatti village died along with his bull after the animal fell into a farm well. About 130 people were injured in the manjuvirattu in which 150 tamers and 250 bulls participated.