Peter Harvey, a historian of Buddhism and a "faith advisor" at York St John University in the U.K., added that the elephant was also the mythical animal ridden by the pre-Buddhist god Indra, who ...

The British Museum's Ancient India, Living Traditions exhibition brings together exhibits on the sacred art of Hinduism, ...

The elephant loves the hot tropical climate in India and thrives in the rich tropical forests, where it grazes for up to 16 hours a day. These wild animals posed great threats to early human ...

An elephant has injured 18 people after running amok at a Buddhist pageant. The animal was part of the celebrations in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when it suddenly started running.

The earliest reference to elephant-riding Indra comes to us from Buddhist texts and Buddhist art, such as the one at the Bhaja caves on Mumbai-Pune highway, which is roughly 2000 years old.

Seventh-century Khmer rulers revered the Hindu god Shiva and his family, among them the elephant deity Ganesha, represented in one of the 20 large-scale pieces lent by Cambodia.