The largest cattle market in South India is the cattle market at Pollachi in Coimbatore district. It usually takes place on 2 days in a week, Tuesday and Thursday. Cows are sold on Tuesdays and goats are sold on Thursdays.
Sales from abroad
Cows from Pollachi, its surrounding areas and other districts of Tamil Nadu are also available for sale in the market. Also, cows from other states like Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra are also brought here for sale.
2 crores
For the past few months, the trading volume was around Rs 2 crore on market days. In this case, it is the 17th Bakrit festival The Pollachi cattle markets were weeded on arrival.
More than 10 thousand cows
More than 10 thousand cows and buffaloes were brought to Pollachi market from outside districts and states. More than 350 traders from different parts of Kerala came to this market to buy it. As a result, the market was packed since morning.
3 crores of trade
As a result, Kerala traders bought more cows and buffaloes. Traders said that as the crowd increased today, business was done up to about 3 crores.
