The Airavateshvara Temple, built during the 11th-12th century in Tamil Nadu, features an ancient optical illusion. The ...

Two captive elephants spooked ... a religious festival in India. The jumbos wearing gold-coloured metal headdresses were being paraded outside Manakulangara Temple during the celebration when ...

The Supreme Court's recent remark that using elephants in temple celebrations is part of our culture highlights how ...

India's first robotic elephant was introduced in the Irinjadappilly Sree Krishna Temple of the Thrissur district in 2023. Since then, many other temples have welcomed this move, replacing captive ...

THRISSUR, India-It flaps its ears and squirts water from a waving trunk, but this elephant is a life-size mechanical replica rolled out to replace the endangered animals in India’s Hindu temples.

Davanagere: The ownership of elephants by religious organizations has always been a contentious subject. However, Shri Umamaheshwara Veerabhadreshwara Temple ... Animals (Peta) India, and ...

It was donated by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society, which said it would aid "cruelty-free temple traditions". Campaigners from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA ...

It was donated by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society, which said it would aid “cruelty-free temple traditions”. Campaigners from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India say the ...

Workers assemble a robotic elephant model (centre), newly donated by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society (VFAES) for religious rituals at the Chakkamparambu Bhagavathy temple in Thrissur.

It was donated by the Voice for Asian Elephants Society, which said it would aid "cruelty-free temple traditions". Campaigners from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India say the ...