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A depiction of a khedda, trapping elephants, 1808. A khedda (or Kheddah) or the Khedda system was a stockade trap for the capture of a full herd of elephants that was used in India; other methods were also used to capture single elephants. [1] The elephants were driven into the stockade by skilled mahouts mounted on domesticated elephants.
Renowned elephant expert Dhritikanta Lahiri Choudhury says, " The Project Elephant Committee already has a resolution on mela shikar. That is, the technique of mela shikar can be used, but only to scare away wild herds. For reducing the number of elephants, however, tranquilization is a much better and effective option.
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BANGKOK — A well-known elephant sanctuary in Thailand appealed for help on Friday after torrential flash floods forced the evacuation of about 100 elephants.
About 240 mahouts and kavadis care for the elephants. [citation needed] Video of 2019 Dasara elephants. The elephants are named in Kannada and usually have the names of Hindu gods and historical figures. Elephants Drona and Balarama carried the idol of deity Chamundeshwari housed in the Golden Howdah for a combined total of 30 years. Balarama ...
Arjuna (born c. 1959 - 4 December 2023) was an Asian elephant who, from 2012 to 2019, was the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara. [2] He was named after Arjuna, the third of the Pandava brothers from the Hindu epic Mahabharatha. Arjuna was part of a Karnataka Forest Department to tackle wild elephants across ...
Khedda is a 2022 Malayalam movie directed by Manoj Kana which got released in theaters on 2 December 2022, starring Sudev Nair, Asha Sharath, Uthara Sharath, ...