Kerala High Court`s strict elephant guidelines threaten Thrissur Pooram, a major festival. Temple authorities fear key ...

Kerala's Revenue Minister K. Rajan has warned that if the new 'jumbo guidelines' are implemented, traditional temple ...

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has termed the life of a captive elephant as an “eternal” Treblinka — the second deadliest extermination camp built and operated by ...

Meanwhile, elephant owners also took a stern stance declaring that no elephant will be paraded in the Pooram festival unless the forest department withdraws the order.

A controversial elephant in the southern Indian state of ... then banned him from participating in the famous Thrissur Pooram temple festival, where Ramachandran sets off the festivities by ...

Elephant squads/volunteers (if any ... of fitness certificates of captive elephants brought for the ‘Thrissur Pooram’ should be done on April 18 strictly following the mandate of the Kerala ...

He said that those having faith in temple customs have been posing trust on such festivals as Thrissur Pooram, which is recognised ... were paraded until its last elephant died in 2020.

A division bench of the HC orally directed all stakeholders, including elephant owners ... of elephants for festivals including the Thrissur Pooram came up for hearing. The court highlighted ...