The Supreme Court's recent remark that using elephants in temple celebrations is part of our culture highlights how ...

The non-profit People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India and 11-time Grammy-nominated Sitarist Anoushka Shankar ...

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 ...

However, these mechanical elephants resemble real ones so closely that it becomes difficult to tell they are not alive. A recent video shared by PETA featured one such robot elephant from a temple ...

THRISSUR, India-It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India’s Hindu temples.

The elephant flaps its ears and waves its trunk. Still, this elephant model is a lifesize and lifelike mechanical replica rolled out in India as an alternative to the highly sensitive and ...

To honour this commitment, Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty gifted Umamaheshwara, an extraordinary 3-metre-tall mechanical elephant weighing 800 kilograms, to the mutt on Sunday. In his video byte ...

B Adarsh, President of the Sree Balabhadrakali Kshetram Trust, welcomed the initiative stating that it would ensure rituals are performed in a safe and animal-friendly manner.

It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India's Hindu temples. Made of ...