The sea of youths continued to swell on the Marina beach on Friday and staged protests in multiple forms like forming human chains, taking out motorcycle rallies, playing folk music, dancing, singing and holding skit.
Oscar winning music maestro A R Rahman expressed his solidarity with protesters by going on a day-long fast today.
Join me on periscope today at 6.14 pm IST as I have the first glass of water to break my fast..
— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) January 20, 2017
Rahman had on Thursday taken to Twitter to announce that he would observe fast in support of Jallikattu.
I’m fasting tomorrow to support the spirit of
Tamilnadu!— A.R.Rahman (@arrahman) January 19, 2017
Five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand too extended his support to holding the bull-taming sport, saying it was a “cultural symbol”.