Man crushed to death during stone-lifting competition

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KALLAKURICHI: A 27-year-old man died on Wednesday as the Ilavatta Kal, a spherical stone, he tried to lift in a competition during

Pongal

celebrations at a village near

Ulundurpet

in Tamil Nadu's

Kallakurichi

district, fell on his face.
P Prabhu suffered grievous injuries on the face and head. Villagers rushed him to a government hospital where a doctor declared him brought dead.
Police registered a case and began investigations.

Lifting Illavata Kal

, a spherical, smooth, granite ball weighing close to 80kg, was a traditional village sport in the olden days to determine the masculinity of a potential groom. tnn

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