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The Indian elephant is a protected species under Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. [33] Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by the states.
Elephant fight, Deccan, India, 19th century, Salar Jung Museum. The composite figures are a combination of humans and animals, including a Brontosaurus on the trunk of elephant on the right. Composite miniature painting is a painting style which was prevalent in India and Persia. In this style, painted representations of different animals or ...
Vinayaki (Vināyakī) is an elephant-headed Hindu goddess. [1] Her mythology and iconography are not clearly defined. Little is told about her in Hindu scriptures and very few images of this deity exist. [2] Due to her elephantine features, the goddess is generally associated with the elephant-headed god of wisdom, Ganesha.
India is home to several well-known large animals, including the Indian elephant, [11] Indian rhinoceros, [12] and Gaur. [4] India is the only country where the big cats tiger and lion exist in the wild. Members of the cat family include Bengal tiger, [13] Asiatic lion, [14] Indian leopard, [15] snow leopard, [16] and clouded leopard. [17]
The existence of a pygmy variety of elephant in India is yet to be scientifically ascertained. If the claims of Kani tribals are believed there are ample reasons to believe that the "kallana" they describe is a different (namely pygmy) variety of elephant since it is claimed to grow to a maximum height of 5 feet (1.5 metres), and they do not mix with the more common Indian elephants, even ...
In addition, the eight guardian deities who preside over the points of the compass each sit on an elephant (world elephant). Each of these deities has an elephant that takes part in the defense and protection of its respective quarter. Chief among them is Airavata of Indra. There is a reference to Airavata in the Bhagavad Gita:
Abhimanyu (born c. 1964) is an Asian elephant who, from 2020 has been the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara and is also stated to be the best kumki elephant, playing a crucial role in more than 180 elephant captures and more than 50 tiger captures.
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