An elephant at a temple festival in Kerala ran amok, causing panic among people. It damaged three cars, a bike, a lorry, and a bicycle near Gnanodayam Sabha. The elephant was later brought under ...

The Supreme Court has stayed the Kerala High Court's interim order restricting elephant processions during festivals, ...

Travancore Devaswom Board orders to replace elephants with chariots in temple processions to enhance safety after several tragic incidents.

Many temples in South India have elephants on their premises, blessing devotees with their trunks. In an innovative twist, Kerala has embraced a 'cruelty-free' way of continuing this tradition.

Mechanical elephants are being utilised in Kerala temples to replace real ones, promoting a cruelty-free alternative ...

Munnar: A wild elephant, estimated to be around 10 years old, was found dead in a private estate in Periyakanal, Devikulam ...

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One thing, though, these mechanical elephants were made by two Kerala-based companies. Parading elephants in religious processions is a matter of pride for organisers and participants in Kerala.

Thrissur: Wild elephants have uprooted nearly a hundred cocoa trees over the past two days in Kundayi, Palappilly here. The ...

The Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple in Kerala introduces a lifelike mechanical elephant, replacing live animals in its rituals. Standing 11 feet tall and weighing 800 kg, this innovation marks ...

newly donated by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society (VFAES), for religious rituals at the Chakkamparambu Bhagavathy temple in Thrissur, in India's Kerala state. The elephant flaps its ears and ...

Kerala is now home to 389 captive elephants, a considerable fall from the 521 that were enumerated during a Statewide exercise in 2018. The latest captive elephant census was concluded by the ...