Elephant bath

Elephants love water. Elephants bath is a time consuming process for mahouts. In Kerala there may be 2 or 3 mahouts(pappan) for an elephant. They scrub the body of the elephant with coconut husks. This will remove the dirt and increase the blood circulation. Its very interesting to see this huge bath. Elephant will change its positions according to the instruction of 'Pappan'.
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Elephant Park at Eroor

Baby elephant from Thailand

A happy news to the elephant lovers of Kerala to have an elephant park in Thripunithura. The abandoned 'aanaparambu' of Eroor will attract tourists with its new face as an elephant park with viewers gallery, a reference library for elephant lovers and quarters for mahouts etc. The Cochin Devaswom Board co-operating with Thripunithura Municipality and Elephant care are taking efforts to launch the shelter for elephants as soon as possible. The spacious ground with a well placed pond is the appropriate place for elephants. Its also the place of Poornathrayeesha, the god with elephant craze.

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Elephants hospital in Kerala

Kerala, the land of elephant craze people had taken a strong step towards the well fare of captive elephants. A hospital had started for elephants at North Paravur. Hospital's proprieter is Ramesh Peruvaram who is also an elephant owner. Elephants with wounds need long term treatment with patience. Dedicated veterinarians are there to care them. Medicines are prepared in the hospital itself. Within 6 months more than 30 elephants came there to have a better living.

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Elephant tourism

Chinnar wild life sanctuary
Wild life sanctuary is a confined area in which the eco system, animals and birds are protected by the Government.
Chinnar wild life sanctuary
A unique one of its kind with a variety of animals. It is located at 60Km from Munnar and 180Km from Kochi. The nearest town is Marayoor. Nearest Railway station in Kerala is Alwaye. Munnar-Udumal pett road is passing through the sanctuary. Its a wonderful site to observe the mammals Elephants and tiger.

Money plant Mandaram Changalam peranda

Drawing elephant

Suresh, an artist from Kochi had drawn more than 200 pictures of elephants without chains. Almost all of his pictures are with the same title'Elephants without chains'. He is a great elephant lover and eager to draw elephants in happy mood. Most of his elephant creations are in different colours other than black. According to him black indicate sadness. Most of his customers are tourists coming to Kochi.
He is a degree holder from Fine arts college, Thiruvananthapuram. Now he is working on big painting with more than 700 elephants representing 700 million people race all over the world.

Picture courtsey:How stuff works, an interesting site to know how to draw an elephant....

Konni Elephant Kraal

Konni elephant camp(courtsey:Konniecotourism.org)

Twins from Konni Elephant Kraal

Konni, elephant training centre is in Pathanamthitta District, about 10Kms from the Pathanamthitta town.
The elephant Kraal is a wooden cage used for training baby elephants. Baby elephants are groomed by the trained mahouts (chattam padippikkal-teaching the rules of a tamed elephant). This domestication is done systematically and according to the rules. This elephant Kraal had a history of 100 years. It is located in an area of 10 Acres.

Asiad Appu

The celebrity mascot of the 1982 Asiad held at New Delhi died on 15th May 2005. The Kuttinarayanan was then 5 years old belonged to Guruvayoor Devaswom had risen to instant fame after the Asiad. He stole the minds of the viewers of the Asiad opening ceremony and won the appreciation of Mrs.Indira Gandhi and Mr.Rajiv Gandhi. More on the topic

For more about elephants....http://www.elephant-kerala.com/ 'Gajakesarikal' a book about the majestic elephants of Kerala in Malayalam by Mr.K.P.Raju an ardent lover of elephants. To know more about the book:phone-0481-2411733

Elephant's food

Elephants spend most time of a day for eating...Large stomach ....Large appetite... Digestive system is inefficient to absorb maximum nutrients. So they eat approximately 250Kg of food everyday and 150L of water.
Elephant's favored food includes coconut leaves, palm leaves, bananas, mangoes, coconut, sugar cane, bamboo, berries, corn, jungle shrubs, palm fruits, wood apples, rice and jaggery.
More on the diet of Elephants

Smile please......

For more about elephants....http://www.elephant-kerala.com/ 'Gajakesarikal' a book about the majestic elephants of Kerala in Malayalam by Mr.K.P.Raju an ardent lover of elephants. To know more about the book:phone-0481-2411733

Malayalappuzha Rajan got 'Gajarajapattom'

Malayalapuzha Rajan got 'Gajarajapattom'
The auspicious elephant of Kerala . He is very calm and have a height of 9.5 feets. He has beautifula tusks. Last year he got 125 chances to raise the idol in various places of Kerala. He has the record of taking the idol of 'Sri Dharmashastha' for the last 20 years. The authorities of Pallipparambu kavu Bhagawathy temple, at Thripunithura had honoured him with 'Gajarajan pattom'. He is from Konni elephant Kraal. Thiruvithamkur Devaswom Board had donated him to the famous Durga Temple, Malayalappuzha. Kochin Devaswom Board president and The Thripunithura MLA was also present at the function along with the large crowd of elephant lovers of Kerala. The auspicious signs of an elephant.

For more about elephants....http://www.elephant-kerala.com/ 'Gajakesarikal' a book about the majestic elephants of Kerala in Malayalam by Mr.K.P.Raju an ardent lover of elephants. To know more about the book:phone-0481-2411733

Elephant news

The tallest elephant of Asia died when trying to climb a lorry at Mulanjoor.
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Puthenkulam is becoming a popular tourist destination as it is home to the largest number of captive elephants in Kerala. More


As their natural habitat of forests shrink or disappear, elephants are up against the only predator they cannot seem to outwit: man. More

A full-grown tusker was captured recently under the orders of the Kerala Forest Minister and put through `training' required to make him obedient. During the training, the elephant was tortured to death. More

Watch an elephant. If it's happy, it will be flapping its ears. If not, the ears stay static. When it is very angry, the tail goes up, then beware! Another piece of advice from Sreekumar is: Never bend before an elephant. That is one pose it misinterprets. It feels it is about to be harmed. Director of the everhit TV programme E4 Elephant, Mr. Sreekumar Arookkotti shares his experiences with this wild beast More

Six-year-old tusker Raghuram joined the herd of elephants owned by Thiruvambady Devaswom here on Friday. The tusker from Assam was donated to the devaswom by one of the devotees More

If asked to select a mascot for world peace, do you think children would choose the elephant?
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For more about elephants....http://www.elephant-kerala.com/
'Gajakesarikal' a book about the majestic elephants of Kerala in Malayalam by Mr.K.P.Raju an ardent lover of elephants. To know more about the book:phone-0481-2411733

Tap the hidden energy in you

Elephants-Son of Sahya

Konni elephant Kraal
Kodanad Elephant Kraal
Punnathur kotta elephant sanctuary-Kerala
To know more about the above mentioned places and to view the pictures of these wild beauties http://www.elephant-kerala.com/
'Gajakesarikal' a book about the majestic elephants of Kerala in Malayalam by Mr.K.P.Raju an ardent lover of elephants. To know more about the book:phone-0481-2411733

Chethi Aaryaveppu and Shankupushpam

The famous jumbos of Kerala

Guruvayur Padmanabhan
Thechikkottukavu Ramachandran
Pambadi Rajan
Mangalamkunnu Karnan
Kandampully Balanarayanan
Thiruvambadi Sivasunder
Nanu Ezhuthachan Sreenivasan
Kongadu Kuttishankaran
Cherppulassery Shekharan
Ollukkara Thiruvanikkavu Rajagopalan
Eerattupetta Ayyappan
Kuttankulangara Ramdas
Kodungalloor Gireeshan
Thiruvanikkavu Rajagopalan
Mangalamkunnu Ayyappan(Paramekkavu Devaswom)
Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrashekharn
Pattathu Sreekrishnan
Guruvayur Indrasenan
Kuttankulangara Arjunan
Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy
Thrikkadavur Shivaraju
Guruvayur Valiyakesavan
Puthrukkovil Ganapathy
Puthenkulangara Ananthapadmanabhan
Malayalappuzha Rajan
Karunagappally Mahadevan
Paravur Shashi
Aaranmula Reghu
Thiruvalla Jayachandran
Thrissur Kandambully Balanarayanan
Manissery Karnan
Ottappalam Mangalamkunnu Karnan
Kollam PuthenKulangara Anantha Padmanabhan
Changanacherry Swamy Ayyappan
Kalloorkkadu Mahadevan
Pullukulangara Ganeshan
Viyyor Neelakantan
Shankarnkulangara ManikandanSreerangam Murali
Kalloorkkad Mahadevan
Ollukkara Krishnadas
Ezhuthachan Sreenivasan
Thirunakkara Sivan
MalliyoorSreeGanapathy
Pullamkulangara Ganeshan
Devaswom Achuthan Kutty
Ollukkara Krishnadas
Thottuchalil Bolenath
Mannar Vijayan
Durga Prasad
Puthuppally Kesavan
Sreerangam Murali
Mannar Madom Ganeshan
Udayanapuram Vijayan
Kiran Narayanan Kutty
Annamanada Umamaheswaran
Ushasree Shankaran Kutty
Vakkayil Gangadharan
Chirkkattu Venugopal
Puthuppally Brahmadathan
Kiran Kannnan
Kiran Ganapathy
Paravur Baladevan
Thiruvambadi Rajashekharan
Avittathoor Sivaprasad
Bastian Vinayachandran
Bastian Vinayaprasad
Chalakkudy Ukkankunju
Cheeroth Rajeev
Cheloor Gopinathan
Cherai Krishnadas
Chevoor Vijayan
Chirakkal Neelakandan
Chirakkal Kalidasan
Chulliparambil Ganapathy
Chulliparambil Vishnu
Cochin Devaswom Balaraman
Cochin Devaswom Ramachandran
Devaswom Gireeshan
Chappamattom Krishnankutty
Pallattu Shekharn
Elakkattu Bolenath
Thenmakkal Ganeshan
Mudakkalil Sulthankutty
Ithithanam Vishnunarayanan
Chirakkadavu Kannan
Pambady Sundaran
Edamanappattu Mohanan
Neendoor Ayyappan
Harippad Skandan
GVR Padmanabhan
Avanipparambu Damodaran
Puthrukkovil Ganapathy

For more about elephants....http://www.elephant-kerala.com/
'Gajakesarikal' a book about the majestic elephants of Kerala in Malayalam by Mr.K.P.Raju an ardent lover of elephants. To know more about the book:phone-0481-2411733