Kombara Kannan, a three-metre-tall mechanical elephant weighing 800 kilograms will be unveiled at Kombara Sree Krishna Swami Temple, Thrissur, by Anoushka Shankar and PETA India. Satish Vimalan ...

A three-metre-tall mechanical elephant weighing 800 kilograms was offered to Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple, Thrissur, on Wednesday. Sitarist Anoushka Shankar and People for the Ethical ...

Sri Lanka’s main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world’s first care home for destitute ...

The main attraction of the Pooram celebrations at Kombara Sreekrishna Swami Temple in Thrissur, Kerala, earlier this month was the elephant Kombara Kannan. Pooram is a temple festival and among its ...

The birth of Sri Krishna, as described in mythology, is a very dramatic event. His mother Devaki and father Vasudeva were in Kansa’s prison. The prison guards were under strict orders to ...

The Chettimoorthi Kavu temple in Kerala's Malappuram district utilized a lifelike robotic elephant for rituals and a procession due to difficulties in securing live elephants. The event ...

It’s been an unforgettable journey, and we couldn’t have done it without the support of all our visitors, partners, and elephant lovers around the world," the department said in a separate post.

The devotees began streaming into the Sri Siva-Krishna temple in the pre-dawn hours of Feb 9, and by 6.30am, The Straits Times found a sizeable crowd had gathered. A consecration ceremony is held ...

Additionally, a separate attack in Thrissur claimed the life of a trader who was attacked by an elephant during a temple celebration. Advisory Alert: It has come to our attention that certain ...

Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage marked its 50th anniversary on Sunday with a fruit feast for the 68 jumbos at the showpiece centre, reputedly the world's first care home for destitute pachyderms.

Johannesburg: An elephant trampled and killed a South African who was trying to protect his grandchildren from the charging animal at the famous Kruger Park, authorities said Sunday. The 59-year ...