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When I search Google, most results indicate that beef, as well as slaughtering cows, is illegal in Tamil Nadu, India.

However, I'm in Chennai right now and I'm seeing beef on the menu.

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What's going on here? Is the information I found wrong, or is this some sort of buffalo vs. cow thing?

Fiksdal
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Per this report (2013) from the National Commission on Cattle, while Tamil Nadu has strict controls on when cattle slaughter is allowed (basically, only sick or old animals), there is no ban per se on eating beef.

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