In 2017, this state enacted an emergency order to permit a festival event in which people compete to slow a bull by hanging from its hump. The western part of this state may actually be the fourth-biggest asteroid crater in the world. This is the largest state that contains Auroville, an experimental community based around the Matrimandir (MAH-tri-MUHN-”deer”), a giant gold sphere. This state contains the southernmost part of the Coromandel coast and the Eastern (10[1])(*) Ghats, and it surrounds the (10[1])union territory of Puducherry. This state's Rameswaram (RAH-”mace”-wuh-ruhm) Island is the northern terminus of Adam's Bridge. Many centers of bharatanatyam (BUH-rut-NAHT-yum) performance are based in this state's capital of Chennai. For 10 points, the major ethnic group of which southeasternmost Indian state is also the largest minority group in Sri Lanka? ■END■