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The Elephant Festival is a festival celebrated in the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan state in India. The Elephant Festival begins with a procession of bedecked elephants, camels, horses and folk dancers. The owners embellish their elephants with vibrant colours, jhool (saddle cloth) and heavy jewelry. Female elephants wear anklets that tinkle as ...
Decorated Elephants in Rath Yatra, Ahmedabad. Rath Yatra (chariot festival) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in Ahmedabad.Since 1878, the Jagannath Temple, Ahmedabad has organized the Rath Yatra procession on Asadh Sud Bij.
An Indian elephant is a megaherbivore and can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day; Pictured are wild elephants foraging on open grasslands in Munnar, Kerala. Elephant is classified as a megaherbivore and can consume up to 150 kg (330 lb) of plant matter per day. [20]
Pages in category "Elephants in Indian culture" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aalavattam;
A decorated Indian elephant carrying a howdah during a fair in Jaipur, India Nettipattam on a Caparison elephant. In the Indian state of Kerala, elephants are decorated during temple festivals. They wear a distinctive golden head covering called a nettipattam, which is often translated into English as an elephant caparison. However, it covers ...
Sometimes abandoned young elephants are also trained for dasara. The abode of the elephants during the rest of the year is usually their training camps and the surrounding National Parks. There are around 70 elephants in camps at Dubare and elsewhere. About 240 mahouts and kavadis care for the elephants. [citation needed] Video of 2019 Dasara ...
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The parade features decorated elephants marching, drum beats and other music, folk art forms, floats and colourfully dressed people with masks. [49] In Kerala's history, the Kochi king used to head a grand military procession in full ceremonial robes from his palace to the Thrikkakara temple, meeting and greeting his people.