A Kerala temple has introduced a robotic elephant in place of live elephants for its rituals, marking a major step towards ...

Days after a temple cat from China created wave on social media, a temple elephant from Tamil Nadu has grabbed eyeballs. Sengamalam, the beloved elephant of Sri Vidya Rajagopalaswamy Temple in ...

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 ...

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 ...

A baby elephant sways rhythmically to music, its trunk moving in sync with the beats. Social media crowd erupts in delight: "Look, he's dancing!" An alleged video from a temple in Tamil Nadu went ...

Elephants are the official national animal for Thailand and are deeply rooted in its culture and literature. The so-called elephant pants are rarely worn by local Thais, but these light and breezy ...

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 ...

The report, submitted by R Keerthi, conservator of forests (social forestry, northern region), states that Peethambaran's mahouts told the temple authorities that the elephant is "non-tolerant" to ...

KOZHIKODE: The toll of the tragedy at Manakulangara Bhagavathy Temple, Kuruvangad, on Thursday, would have been much higher had the elephants rushed straight at the crowd or if it all happened a ...

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 ...