Aadu puli aatam (
Tamil), Huli Katti or Aadu Huli Aata(
Kannada) or Pulijudam
The lambs and tigers game locally referred as the game of goats and tigers (
Tamil: Āḍu-puli āṭṭam,
Telugu: Mē̃ka-puli āṭa,
Kannada: Āḍu-huli āṭa) or
Telugu: Pulijūdam, is a strategic, two-player (or 2 teams)
leopard hunt game that is played in
south India. The game is asymmetric in that one player controls three tigers and the other player controls up to 15 lambs/goats. The tigers 'hunt' the goats while the goats attempt to block the tigers' movements.[1]
The board is drawn on the parapet inside the mahadwara of the
Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Betta (hill) in
Mysore, Karnataka
This game helps people to develop strategy and the concept of teamwork by teaching that even though weak, if united, one can vanquish the stronger enemy as a team.
This game is very similar to the Nepalian game of
Bagh-Chal.
Names
ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம் [āḍu puli āṭṭam] (the goat and tiger game) – Tamil
పులిమేఁకాట [pulimē̃kāṭa] (the tiger and goat game) / పులిజూదము [pulijūdamu] (tiger gambling) – Telugu
ಹುಲಿಘಟ್ಟ [hulighaṭṭa] (tiger game) / ಆಡು-ಹುಲಿ [āḍu-huli] (goat-tiger) / ಹುಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿ [huli kaṭṭi] (encage the tiger) – Kannada