Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Friends, In our recent trips to India, we had the opportunity to visit a number of temples that had temple elephants. Often they are found in the temple compounds, giving blessings to the pilgrims as they visit the temple. The pilgrim simply offers the elephant a banana or a rupee coin, which the elephant deftly takes with the nimble end of its trunk, and places the donation in its mouth or in its keeper's hands, as the case may be. Then the elephant taps (or knocks) the pilgrim on the head as a blessing. We put together a short video montage (two minutes) of some of the elephants which you might find interesting and amusing. It can be found at Temple Elephants in India <http://www.atmajyoti.org/vi_temple_elephants_medium.asp> . Elephants in this video include Rukmini from the Arunachaleshwar Temple in Tiruvannamalai, Andar from the Sri Rangam Temple in Trichy, and the temple elephant from the famous Krishna temple in Udupi. The Video is in Quicktime format, so some PC users might need to download the latest free version of Quicktime <http://www.apple.com/quicktime/win.html> for it to view properly. We hope you enjoy it. Swami Tarakananda Atma Jyoti Ashram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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