Guruvayur Temple festival begins with Anayottam elephant race, Balu wins, followed by Chentamarakshan, Devadas participates.

THRISSUR: Guruvayur Devaswom’s tusker Balu emerged first in the elephant race aka Aanayottam held at Sree Krishna temple on Monday, marking the beginning of annual festival. Hundreds of people ...

Guruvayur Temple festival began with the traditional flag hoisting (Kodiyettam) ceremony. After the Deepaaraadhana (evening ...

The 10-day annual festival at Guruvayur Sreekrishna Temple concluded on Wednesday with the ceremonial Arat.

KOCHI: Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Guruvayur Devaswom deputy administrator ... The court noted that a major injury was sustained to the elephant Gokul during the temple festival ...

It was found that the elephant Guruvayur Peethambaran, which triggered the incident by attacking fellow elephant Gokul, had an elevated testosterone level of above 15 ng/ml, considered to be in ...

In response, the Guruvayur devaswom counsel submitted that supplementary feeding registers had now been ordered for each elephant transported for parading. Another issue HC examined was the lack ...

Thousands admired the baby elephant’s “dance,” unaware it reflected distress, not joy. Guruvayur temple gave a baby elephant to thiruchendur Murugan temple as a gift.He enjoys dancing!