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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.
Elephant capturing by the khedda method. Mela shikar (Assamese: মেলা চিকাৰ) is a traditional method of capturing wild elephants for captive use.These methods get employed in Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia and in Assam in India.
Lake Conroe is a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) lake in Montgomery County, Texas, United States. Even though it is named Lake Conroe, only the southern third of the lake is in Conroe, Texas . Most of the lake is in unincorporated Montgomery County, while a small northern sliver juts into neighboring Walker County where the Baker Bridge is located.
Chhouk needs a new prosthetic foot every six months as he continues to grow
An elephant chosen to lead the Dasara parade The Dasara Elephants are usually caught by the elephant trainers via the Khedda operation. During the Wodeyar rule, the elephants thus caught were inspected in an open field for strength, personality, and character.
Jun. 20—ELEPHANT BUTTE — Neal Brown dismantled, relocated and reassembled one of his marinas at Elephant Butte Lake State Park last week. Dropping reservoir levels prompted the rare, labor ...
Drona was captured in a khedda operation in the Kakanakote forest area of Heggadadevana kote in 1971. He was used for a brief period in Shimoga to carry timber. Doddappaji was Drona's mahout. Doddappaji's association with Drona began from the day it was captured, as his father, Chennakeshavaiah, was in charge of taming it.
The site is now a state historic park. The park is the site of the San Jacinto Monument. In October 1994, flooding along the San Jacinto River led to the failure of eight petroleum-products pipelines, and the undermining of a number of other pipelines. The escaping products were ignited, leading to smoke inhalation and/or burn injuries of 547 ...