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Supreme Court Stays Kerala High Court Order On Elephants In Temple Festivals
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court for the use of elephants in temple festivals.
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PETA India Gifts Life-Size Mechanical Elephant To Kerala Temple
The non profit organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India along with actor Vedhika has gifted a life-size mechanical elephant to the Edayar Sree Vadakkumbad Shiva Vishnu Temple here.
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Video: Elephant Attacks Another Elephant At Kerala Temple Event, Many Injured
A video of an elephant running amok and attacking another elephant at the Tharakkal temple festival in Kerala has emerged on social media.
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Watch: Kerala Temple Deploys Life-Size 'Mechanical Elephant' For Performing Rituals
The mechanical elephant named 'Irinjadappilly Raman' was donated to Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.
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Kerala Temple Introduces Mechanical Elephant For Performing Rituals
In a first in Kerala, a life-like mechanical elephant was on Sunday dedicated to the deity in a temple near here for performing daily rituals from now on, instead of a real pachyderm.
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Watch: Newly-Wed Kerala Couple Pose For Photo Inside Temple, Then An Elephant Attack
The elephant was standing right behind the bride and the groom and attacked the mahout.
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One-Eyed Celebrity Elephant Flags Off Thrissur Temple Festival After Row
Scores of devotees cheered as Kerala's beloved one-eyed elephant waded through the corridor of the famed Vadakkumnathan temple in Thrissur on Sunday after it was given a conditional nod by the district authorities to participate in the Thrissur Pooram festival.
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Kerala's Celebrity Elephant Banned From Event, Owners Threaten To Boycott
A large cultural festival in Kerala featuring elephants is in the midst of "jumbo" controversy. Thrissur Pooram, held annually at Vadakkunnathan Temple, has a celebrity elephant at the centre of the festivities.
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2 Dead After Elephant Brought To House Warming Tramples Them In Kerala
A temple elephant brought for an house warming function ran amok, killing two elderly people near Guruvayur in Kerala on Friday, police said.
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12 Injured At Kerala's Sabarimala Temple After Elephant Carrying Priest Atop Runs Amok
It was a chaotic scene at Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple on Friday morning after an elephant carrying a priest ran amok. The elephant suddenly became uncontrollable amidst the chants of a sea of devotees and left 12 of them injured, including the 36-year-old priest who was sitting atop.
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Elephant Runs Amok At Kerala Temple, Mahout Pulled To Safety
A elephant ran amok during the annual festivities at the Euttmanoor Mahadeva temple in Kerala's Kottayam early this morning, but none was injured.
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In Kerala, An 86-Year-Old Elephant Caught In The Middle Of Traditions
86-year-old female elephant Dakshayani is a symbol of pride for Kerala's Travancore Davasom Board - one of the richest temple boards of the country. On Tuesday, the 86-year-old pachyderm was at the centre of a lot of festivities. It was the temple board's attempt to enter her into the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest alive captive elephant.
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Asia's 'Granny' Jumbo Felicitated: Eyeing Guinness Entry
An 86-year-old temple elephant in Kerala is being sought to be included in the Guinness Book of World of Records as the oldest surviving Asian elephant in captivity.
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'Gods In Shackles': Elephant Agony Reaches Kerala Assembly
It was a 'trunk' call for Kerala legislators. 'Gods in Shackles', directed by Canada-based Keralite Sangita Iyer, is an award winning documentary on how elephants are abused in the name of temple festivals in Kerala. On Wednesday, it was screened in India for the first time in the Kerala Legislative Assembly complex, on the suggestion of the Speake...
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Kerala Government Bats For Ban On Elephant Parading: K Raju
Kerala government has proposed to bring in restrictions on parading elephants in temples and other festivities, Minister for Forest and Animal Husbandry K Raju said in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
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Supreme Court Stays Kerala High Court Order On Elephants In Temple Festivals
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court for the use of elephants in temple festivals.
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PETA India Gifts Life-Size Mechanical Elephant To Kerala Temple
The non profit organisation People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India along with actor Vedhika has gifted a life-size mechanical elephant to the Edayar Sree Vadakkumbad Shiva Vishnu Temple here.
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Video: Elephant Attacks Another Elephant At Kerala Temple Event, Many Injured
A video of an elephant running amok and attacking another elephant at the Tharakkal temple festival in Kerala has emerged on social media.
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Watch: Kerala Temple Deploys Life-Size 'Mechanical Elephant' For Performing Rituals
The mechanical elephant named 'Irinjadappilly Raman' was donated to Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India.
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Kerala Temple Introduces Mechanical Elephant For Performing Rituals
In a first in Kerala, a life-like mechanical elephant was on Sunday dedicated to the deity in a temple near here for performing daily rituals from now on, instead of a real pachyderm.
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Watch: Newly-Wed Kerala Couple Pose For Photo Inside Temple, Then An Elephant Attack
The elephant was standing right behind the bride and the groom and attacked the mahout.
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One-Eyed Celebrity Elephant Flags Off Thrissur Temple Festival After Row
Scores of devotees cheered as Kerala's beloved one-eyed elephant waded through the corridor of the famed Vadakkumnathan temple in Thrissur on Sunday after it was given a conditional nod by the district authorities to participate in the Thrissur Pooram festival.
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Kerala's Celebrity Elephant Banned From Event, Owners Threaten To Boycott
A large cultural festival in Kerala featuring elephants is in the midst of "jumbo" controversy. Thrissur Pooram, held annually at Vadakkunnathan Temple, has a celebrity elephant at the centre of the festivities.
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2 Dead After Elephant Brought To House Warming Tramples Them In Kerala
A temple elephant brought for an house warming function ran amok, killing two elderly people near Guruvayur in Kerala on Friday, police said.
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12 Injured At Kerala's Sabarimala Temple After Elephant Carrying Priest Atop Runs Amok
It was a chaotic scene at Kerala's famous Sabarimala temple on Friday morning after an elephant carrying a priest ran amok. The elephant suddenly became uncontrollable amidst the chants of a sea of devotees and left 12 of them injured, including the 36-year-old priest who was sitting atop.
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Elephant Runs Amok At Kerala Temple, Mahout Pulled To Safety
A elephant ran amok during the annual festivities at the Euttmanoor Mahadeva temple in Kerala's Kottayam early this morning, but none was injured.
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In Kerala, An 86-Year-Old Elephant Caught In The Middle Of Traditions
86-year-old female elephant Dakshayani is a symbol of pride for Kerala's Travancore Davasom Board - one of the richest temple boards of the country. On Tuesday, the 86-year-old pachyderm was at the centre of a lot of festivities. It was the temple board's attempt to enter her into the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest alive captive elephant.
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Asia's 'Granny' Jumbo Felicitated: Eyeing Guinness Entry
An 86-year-old temple elephant in Kerala is being sought to be included in the Guinness Book of World of Records as the oldest surviving Asian elephant in captivity.
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'Gods In Shackles': Elephant Agony Reaches Kerala Assembly
It was a 'trunk' call for Kerala legislators. 'Gods in Shackles', directed by Canada-based Keralite Sangita Iyer, is an award winning documentary on how elephants are abused in the name of temple festivals in Kerala. On Wednesday, it was screened in India for the first time in the Kerala Legislative Assembly complex, on the suggestion of the Speake...
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Kerala Government Bats For Ban On Elephant Parading: K Raju
Kerala government has proposed to bring in restrictions on parading elephants in temples and other festivities, Minister for Forest and Animal Husbandry K Raju said in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.
