Andhra Pradesh is known for cock fights during the time of Sankranthi. Even though the police department impose restrictions, the involvement of political leaders voids the impact. Cock fights are on full swing in Godavari districts in this Pongal season. Few thousands of crores is said to be involved in the betting. Cocks will be specially fed with nutritious food for these fights and few big shots considers winning as a prestige issue.
On the other hand, jallikattu in Tamil Nadu is entertaining the spectators. It is known that the people of Tamil Nadu fought with the government for this sport. Jallikattu is a dangerous sport and just like all the past years, several youngsters got injured while playing the sport.
Between these two Pongal entertainment aspects, cock fights involves lots of betting money while several people all over the world comes to see jallikattu in live.