One of my fiends said, if a dog is born, it should be in US, for they are loved here so much!!! Away from home, when you see, so beautiful and variety of dogs around, you are reminded of elephants …..In Kerala, when you are travelling, you will definitely see at least one elephant on the road...
Elephants in Kerala are often referred to as the 'sons of the sahya.' Western Ghats (Sahyadri) Sahya mountains Range. It is the state animal of Kerala and is featured on the emblem of the Government of Kerala.
Thrissur being the cultural capital of India, Thrissur Pooram, is an especial events full of elephants, on which I need to write..but may be some other time…
The temple elephants are decorated with gold plated caparisons (nettipattom), bells, and necklaces. People mounted on the elephants hold tinselled silk parasols (muthukuda) up high, swaying white tufts (venchamaram) and peacock feather fans (aalavattom) to the rhythm of the orchestra. People looking after the elephants are called mahout (Pappan).
Guruvayurappan, is said to be the owner of the world's largest number of domesticated elephants. The world's only Elephant Palace is constructed in Punnathur Kotta, 3 km from the temple, to house the temple's elephants.
Gajarajan Guruvayoor Kesavan (1904 - December 2, 1976) is perhaps the most famous and celebrated Elephant of Kerala.
Elephants have been important in human history for thousands of years. They were popular royal gifts. Appu was the mascot of Asiad in India, and we had Ammu in Veegaland…Young and Old, all love elephants alike...
Shown each part of it, one may not be able to identify, that its an animal, so huge, but its not wild….
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Well this is dedicated to Anil;Guess who is his favourate…..whose picture will you find in his laptop and camera?? Asin? Aishwaria Rai? Nain Tara? Nope….None of them…..
It’s full of elephants…..
And it is from him, that I got all these pictures, they are taken by him. And its he who prompted me to write this one...
Why do people love elephants so much?
This was send by Geena:
Not Anil, Munshi...
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.. all of a sudden, about elephants! See, how your thoughts fly..! Happened to visit Aanakotta, after the Guruvayur Darshan, last month! Uuh.. world of elephants!
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