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Elephants in Kerala culture

Index Elephants in Kerala culture

This article covers the role of elephants (Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus indicus) in the culture of Kerala state, southern India. [1]

48 relations: Animal Welfare Board of India, Asian elephant, Ayurveda, Bell, Caparison, Coconut, Elephant crushing, Endangered species, Gold, Government of Kerala, Guruvayur Keshavan, Guruvayur Temple, Headgear, Husk, India, Indian elephant, International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Red List, Kerala, Kingdom of Cochin, Kolakolli, Konni, Kerala, Koodalmanikyam Temple, Kottarathil Sankunni, List of Hindu temples in Kerala, Liz Jones, Mahout, Malayalam, Mathrubhumi, Monsoon, Musth, Necklace, Nenmara Vallanghy Vela, Pampadi Rajan, Panchari melam, Plating, Prem Panicker, Punnathurkotta, Rejuvenation (aging), Sanskrit, Silver, Subspecies, Temple elephant, Thechikottukavu Ramachandran, Thrissur district, Thrissur Pooram, Travancore, Western Ghats.

Animal Welfare Board of India

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI), headquartered at Ballabhgarh in Haryana state, is a statutory advisory body advising the Government of India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

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Asian elephant

The Asian elephant, or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia, from India and Nepal in the west to Borneo in the south.

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Ayurveda

Ayurveda is a system of medicine with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.

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Bell

A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.

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Caparison

A caparison is a cloth covering laid over a horse or other animal for protection and decoration.

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Coconut

The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the family Arecaceae (palm family) and the only species of the genus Cocos.

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Elephant crushing

Elephant crushing, or a training crush is a method by which wild elephants can be tamed for domestication, using restriction in a cage, sometimes with the use of corporal punishment or negative reinforcement.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element with symbol Au (from aurum) and atomic number 79, making it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally.

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Government of Kerala

The Government of Kerala headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram is a democratically elected body that governs the Indian State of Kerala.

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Guruvayur Keshavan

Gajarajan Guruvayur Keshavan (died 2 December 1976) is perhaps the most famous and celebrated temple elephant in Kerala, India.

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Guruvayur Temple

Guruvayur Sri Krishna Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu god Guruvayurappan (a four-armed affiliation of the Hindus god Vishnu), located in the town of Guruvayur in Kerala, India.

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Headgear

Headgear, headwear or headdress is the name given to any element of clothing which is worn on one's head.

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Husk

Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian elephant

The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) is one of three recognized subspecies of the Asian elephant and native to mainland Asia.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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IUCN Red List

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species.

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Kerala

Kerala is a state in South India on the Malabar Coast.

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Kingdom of Cochin

Kingdom of Cochin (also known as Perumpadappu Swaroopam, Mada-rajyam, or Kuru Swaroopam; Kocci or Perumpaṭappu) was a late medieval Hindu kingdom and later princely state on the Malabar Coast, South India.

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Kolakolli

Kolakolli (Murder Murderer, Master Executioner) or Chakkamadan (Jack fruit Freak) was an Indian rogue elephant active in the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary near Thiruvananthapuram.

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Konni, Kerala

Konni is a major town and a Taluk headquarters in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India.

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Koodalmanikyam Temple

Koodalmanikyam Temple or Kudal Manikkam Temple / Koodalmanikkam Temple is a Hindu temple which is situated in Manavalassery village, Irinjalakuda, Trissur district, Kerala state, India.

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Kottarathil Sankunni

Kottarathil Sankunni (real name: Vasudevan) was a well-known author of Malayalam literature, born on 23 March 1855 in Kottayam, Travancore.

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List of Hindu temples in Kerala

This is a list of Hindu temples in Kerala ordered by district.

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Liz Jones

Elizabeth Ann Jones (born 5 September 1958) is a British journalist.

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Mahout

A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken across the Indian state of Kerala by the Malayali people and it is one of 22 scheduled languages of India.

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Mathrubhumi

Mathrubhumi is a Malayalam newspaper that is published from Kerala, India.

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Monsoon

Monsoon is traditionally defined as a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation, but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea.

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Musth

Musth or must is a periodic condition in bull (male) elephants, characterized by highly aggressive behavior and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones.

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Necklace

A necklace is an article of jewelry that is worn around the neck.

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Nenmara Vallanghy Vela

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Pampadi Rajan

Pampadi Rajan (പാമ്പാടി രാജൻ; also known as Kottayam Rajan) also written as Pambadi Rajan is one of the tallest elephants in Kerala.

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Panchari melam

Panchari Melam is a percussion ensemble, performed during temple festivals in Kerala, India.

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Plating

Plating is a surface covering in which a metal is deposited on a conductive surface.

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Prem Panicker

Prem Panicker is an Indian cricket journalist.

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Punnathurkotta

Punnathurkotta is a fort and former palace located in Kottapadi, about 2 km from the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, in Thrissur District of Kerala State in South India.

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Rejuvenation (aging)

Rejuvenation is a medical discipline focused on the practical reversal of the aging process.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element with symbol Ag (from the Latin argentum, derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.

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Temple elephant

Temple elephants are a type of captive elephant.

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Thechikottukavu Ramachandran

Thechikottukavu Ramachandran (born 1964) is an elephant owned by Thrissur Thechikkottukavu Peramangalthu Devaswom, a temple in Kerala.

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Thrissur district

Thrissur (also Trichur, Trissur) is a revenue district of Kerala situated in the central part of that state.

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Thrissur Pooram

Thrissur Pooram is an annual Hindu temple festival held in Kerala, India.

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Travancore

The Kingdom of Travancore was an Indian kingdom from 1729 until 1949.

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Western Ghats

Western Ghats also known as Sahyadri (Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants_in_Kerala_culture

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