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An image of the elephant keeper in India riding his elephant from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825). Samponiet Reserve, Aceh Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand A young elephant and his mahout, Kerala, India. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. [1] Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use.
Sahi (इकी اکی Ikī; Indian porcupine). In later editions, he was called Ikki. Tha (था تھا Thā, "He was"; Indian elephant) – the first of the elephants according to Hathi. Thuu (थू تھو Thū; Indian cobra), in The King's Ankus – a male blind albino cobra, also called White Hood. Mowgli gives him the derisory epithet ...
The Hindu epic Mahabharata describes two more elephants by the same name – a mythical elephant that was an incarnation of a sage, and the one that belonged to Bhagadatta, the king of Pragjyotisha. Vinayaki is an elephant-headed Hindu goddess, a Matrika. The goddess is generally associated with the elephant-headed god of wisdom, Ganesha.
Printable version; Help ... Pages in category "Elephants in India" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... Indian elephant; K. Kaadan; Kallana;
Indi Raja (c. 1980: Sinhala: ඉන්දි රාජා), also known as Indiraja, is an Indian elephant. [1] Indiraja is a main casket bearer of the Kandy Esala Perahera, an annual religious procession held to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, at the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in which he carried the main casket many times. [2]
The Indian elephant was taken from her herd at age 3 and kept in solitary confinement the entire time, without any other elephants. Reports reveal the elephant had to be put down after months of ...
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 ]
Chunee's skeleton. Chunee (also known as Chuny or Chuneelah; born c. 1804 – died 1 March 1826) was an Indian elephant in Regency London.. Three elephants were brought to England in East India Company ships between 1809 and 1811.