{{Short description|Cattle race in India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}} thumb|Maramadi dravidian sports '''Maramadi''' is a cattle race conducted in Kerala, India. It is also known as '''Kalappoottu''', or '''pothottam'''. The race is a traditional event, usually with bullocks, held after the monsoon but before the cattle are needed for planting.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maramadi—bull surfing in Kerala|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/maramadibull-surfing-in-kerala/as45870403.cms|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Times of India Travel}}</ref>
== Legal status == In 2011, the Central Government banned the exhibition and training of bulls, and five other animals, as performing animals under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. In 2014, a court ruling held that this ban applied to the Kerala cattle race.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2015-09-09|title=HC bars use of bulls for Maramadi|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/hc-bars-use-of-bulls-for-maramadi/article7631594.ece|access-date=2021-11-16|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2015, the Cattle Race Club of India upheld the ruling on appeal to the Kerala High Court.<ref>K. A. Shaji, [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/prevent-cattle-races-animal-welfare-board-tells-collector/article6388157.ece "Prevent cattle races, Animal Welfare Board tells Collector"], ''The Hindu'', 7 September 2014.</ref><ref>Mahir Haneef, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Not-just-Jallikattu-Kalapoottu-is-also-banned-Kerala-HC/articleshow/48875389.cms "Not just 'Jallikattu', Kalapoottu is also banned: Kerala HC"], ''Times of India'', 8 September 2014</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:പോത്ത് പൂട്ട്.JPG|Pothu poottu. File:Maramadi2.ogg|Vellappara File:Maramadi.ogg|Vellappara File:Payyanad Kaalapoot പയ്യനാട്ടെ കാളപൂട്ട് മത്സരം.jpg|Payyanad File:Kaalapoottu-arimbra-malappuram-bbc story3.jpg|Arimbra, Kondotty </gallery>
== See also ==
* Kambala * Malean sampi
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==Further reading== {{commons category|Maramadi}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114821/http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-contest/2014/entries/298485/view/ "Cattle race"], ''National Geographic'', photo contest 2014
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