The girl resembles the Hindu god of success, Lord Ganesha, who has an elephant’s head, locals said. People rejoiced at her birth, singing and dancing in the streets.

Wild Indian Elephant Dies Trying to Escape Captivity. ... From almost the moment Maharaj had been locked in, he beat his head and trunk against the sides of his small wooden cage.

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Indian Elephant Who Paints Gets Gallery Show. ... The show also celebrates the 10-day festival for the Hindu god Ganesh, who has an elephant’s head, which begins today.

Indian animator Triparna Maiti’s feature project “Mangal – The Holy Beast” has been selected for the Busan Asian Project Market. The film project spotlights the plight of captive elephants ...

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June 24, 2024: 100 life-size elephant sculptures made by artisans in Tamil Nadu, India, arrive in Newport, R.I., via the Port of New York — the first stop on a year-long, cross-country journey.

A robotic elephant was donated to an Indian temple to replace having a wild creature living in captivity. PETA India donated the elephant named Irinjadappilly Raman, to the Sree Krishna Temple in ...

Somehow it reminded me of an Indian wedding where the bride, covered in heavy gold jewels from head to toe, gets displayed much similar to these elephants.” Maiti said.

Visitors will be able to get close to — and even touch —100 life-size sculptures of Indian elephants which are beginning a cross-country journey. The Great Elephant Migration traveling art ...

Somehow it reminded me of an Indian wedding where the bride, covered in heavy gold jewels from head to toe, gets displayed much similar to these elephants.” Maiti said.