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 ...

Davanagere: The ownership of elephants by religious organizations has always been a contentious subject. However, Shri Umamaheshwara Veerabhadreshwara Temple at Shilamatha, a 1,200-year-old ...

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 ...

Elephants play an important role during Indian temple festivals. But the animals are often chained and forced to stand up for hours in extreme temperatures. Can robotic elephants be used instead?

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 three-metre tall mechanical elephant, named Kombara Kannan, will be donated to the temple in honour of its commitment to never hire or keep real elephants, the People for Ethical Treatment of ...

Mr. Vasavan also spoke to the temple committee functionaries and elected representatives. The Guruvayur Devaswom and the Malabar Devaswom Board have contributed ₹3 lakh and ₹2 lakh ...

When a bull elephant and hippo meet in a watering hole, it’s not always a peaceful coexistence. In the accompanying footage, captured by Scott Hyman in Botswana, South Africa, the much larger ...

The incident took place at the Manakkulangara Bhagavathy Temple near Koyilandy town in Kozhikode district at 5.30pm on Thursday when one elephant reportedly turned violent and started attacking ...

An 18-year-old Temple University student has died after falling from a light pole while celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles' NFC championship win. Tyler Sabapathy was among the fans celebrating on ...

The incident took place Thursday evening at the Manakulangara Temple near Koyilandy in Kozhikode ... It also shows one elephant chasing another with their mahouts clinging to them as people ...