[Guruvayur/Guruvayoor] Thrissur Pooram-cruelty in the name of tradition and God.

[Guest guest]

Thrissoor Pooram made an excellent show in the TV all right. But

it is a pity that those who organise this do have any heart or

commonsense to take care of the poor elephants which are exposed to the

extreme heat of summer, standing in the sandy soil dipping their

sensitive feet in the hot sand, even without a drop of water to drink

for more than 12 hours ! I wish there were at least one Gajendra in

the group who could pray to Guruvayoorappan to take care of them. Is

there any wonder in the pachyderms turning amuck? And when they turn

amuck to show their protest, we will tie them up with chains, or if

they turn violent out of sheer disgust, we will even go to the extent

of shooting them down.

 

Should man be so cruel, in the name of God?

 

Is there no SPCA in the area ?

 

Regards

KVG.

[Guest guest]

Ohm Namo Narrayanaya; Ohm Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya

 

Sri Gopalkrishnagi,

 

The pooram organizing committee is arranging food and

water to elephants at the time of pooram and they are

watering on the soil in certain intervals.

 

While Thrissur Pooram is attracting so many tourists

our Tourism promotion council as well as government

also supports pooram.

 

Thrissur pooram dont have a long back tradition. It

was started by the Sakthan Thamburan ruler of the

Cochirajyam. At his time the " Thekkinkadu " was full of

Teak trees and the Thieves and other intruders were

living in it. So sakthan thamburan ordered to demolish

all the trees (kadu) and make every thing visible. On

that time the Velichapadu (komaram) of Paramekavu

temple came there and told thamburan to do not destroy

the Kadu. Thamburan killed that velichapadu. HE then

ordered to start the Pooram festival to remove his

guilty on killing the Velichapadu. The festival later

known as thrissur pooram.

 

Regards

 

Keerthi Kumar

 

Ohm Namo Narrayanaya; Ohm Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

--- " K.V Gopalakrishna " <gopalakrishna.kv

wrote:

 

 

 

 

Thrissoor Pooram made an excellent show in the TV all

right. Butit is a pity that those who organise this

do have any heart orcommonsense to take care of the

poor elephants which are exposed to theextreme heat of

summer, standing in the sandy soil dipping

theirsensitive feet in the hot sand, even without a

drop of water to drinkfor more than 12 hours ! I

wish there were at least one Gajendra inthe group who

could pray to Guruvayoorappan to take care of them.

Isthere any wonder in the pachyderms turning amuck?

And when they turnamuck to show their protest, we will

tie them up with chains, or ifthey turn violent out of

sheer disgust, we will even go to the extentof

shooting them down.

 

Should man be so cruel, in the name of God?

 

Is there no SPCA in the area ?

 

Regards

KVG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear KVG, Do not fall to the secularists trap about cruelty towards elephants on Thrissur pooram, noise pollution on Deepavali, holi is bad for skin etc. The organisers have taken enough care and this year the ezhunnellippu was limited from 11am to 3pm, the noise levels of the crackers have been brought down. Regards, Prem "K.V Gopalakrishna" <gopalakrishna.kv wrote: Thrissoor Pooram made an excellent show in the TV all right. But it is a pity that those who organise this do have any heart or commonsense to take care of the poor elephants which are exposed to the extreme heat of summer, standing in the sandy soil dipping their sensitive feet in the hot sand, even without a

drop of water to drink for more than 12 hours ! I wish there were at least one Gajendra in the group who could pray to Guruvayoorappan to take care of them. Is there any wonder in the pachyderms turning amuck? And when they turn amuck to show their protest, we will tie them up with chains, or if they turn violent out of sheer disgust, we will even go to the extent of shooting them down. Should man be so cruel, in the name of God? Is there no SPCA in the area ?RegardsKVG.

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[Guest guest]

Dear Keerthiji,

Radhe Krishna! Thank you for your kind elucidation, which is highly

informative. I have never physically witnessed the Trissur Pooram as

I never used to travel during the months of April/May because of the

heat. I am a lover of elephants. I can understand their feelings,

as they are more sensitive than human beings. During the Pooram

telecast, i could not see anyone feeding the elephants or giving them

drinking water. I asked others also who were watching the TV. I

could see two elephants standing a bit off the line of other elephants

and I could feel that they are feeling uncomfortable for some reason.

The reasons are not far to seek either, What else can be, other than

the heat, lack of drinking water and food? Cannot be toilet

facilities! From then onwards, I was feeling that these two could

turn amuck any

time. And reports later said that it did happen.

 

Elephants are very sensitive to heat, I have seen mahouts make the

elephants beg, even in cities like Mumbai and Chennai. It is said the

mahouts do not feed the elephants properly, and even pocket that

money. Elephants, though cannot speak, they have very logical

thinking and an excellent memory. The enmity of snakes and elephants

(Ana-ppaka), is always avenged by taking the life of the mahout, if he

doesnt show any compassion to the animal. They are also immensely

loving, if reciprocated by the mahout.

 

I hope the organisers, in this case, have analysed why the two

elephants went amuck, and I hope they have understood the "Elephant

psychology" and traced the very root cause of the problem.

 

Regards

KVG.

 

 

KEERTHI KUMAR V MENON wrote:

 

 

Ohm Namo Narrayanaya; Ohm Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya

 

Sri Gopalkrishnagi,

 

The pooram organizing committee is arranging food and

water to elephants at the time of pooram and they are

watering on the soil in certain intervals.

 

While Thrissur Pooram is attracting so many tourists

our Tourism promotion council as well as government

also supports pooram.

 

Thrissur pooram dont have a long back tradition. It

was started by the Sakthan Thamburan ruler of the

Cochirajyam. At his time the "Thekkinkadu" was full of

Teak trees and the Thieves and other intruders were

living in it. So sakthan thamburan ordered to demolish

all the trees (kadu) and make every thing visible. On

that time the Velichapadu (komaram) of Paramekavu

temple came there and told thamburan to do not destroy

the Kadu. Thamburan killed that velichapadu. HE then

ordered to start the Pooram festival to remove his

guilty on killing the Velichapadu. The festival later

known as thrissur pooram.

 

Regards

 

Keerthi Kumar

 

Ohm Namo Narrayanaya; Ohm Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya

--- "K.V Gopalakrishna" <gopalakrishna.kv >

wrote:

 

 

 

Thrissoor Pooram made an excellent show in the TV all

right. Butit is a pity that those who organise this

do have any heart orcommonsense to take care of the

poor elephants which are exposed to theextreme heat of

summer, standing in the sandy soil dipping

theirsensitive feet in the hot sand, even without a

drop of water to drinkfor more than 12 hours ! I

wish there were at least one Gajendra inthe group who

could pray to Guruvayoorappan to take care of them.

Isthere any wonder in the pachyderms turning amuck?

And when they turnamuck to show their protest, we will

tie them up with chains, or ifthey turn violent out of

sheer disgust, we will even go to the extentof

shooting them down.

 

Should man be so cruel, in the name of God?

 

Is there no SPCA in the area ?

 

Regards

KVG.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Premji,

Radhe Krishna!

 

I am sorry if I have offended anyone. What I wrote was my own

observation, and not based on any other write-ups. I thought I should

share my feelings to the members of the group, although it was slightly

unpalatable, even to myself!. I am not against the Trissor Pooram or

any of our traditional festivals which are immensely enjoyable, but the

point I was trying to make was that we should also take ito account,

the suffering of those poor animals who can give vent to their feelings

only in their own way, which is often misinterpreted without

understanding the animal psychology.

 

No need to say, my heart bled for those animals who were exposed to

long hours in the hot summer sun.

 

No offence or malice or ill-will meant1

Regards

KVG

 

 

 

prem wrote:

 

 

Dear KVG,

 

Do not fall to the secularists trap about cruelty towards

elephants on Thrissur pooram, noise pollution on Deepavali, holi is bad

for skin etc.

 

The organisers have taken enough care and this year the

ezhunnellippu was limited from 11am to 3pm, the noise levels of the

crackers have been brought down.

 

Regards,

Prem

 

 

 

"K.V Gopalakrishna" <gopalakrishna.kv >

wrote:

Thrissoor Pooram

made an excellent show in the TV all right. But it is a pity that

those who organise this do have any heart or commonsense to take care

of the poor elephants which are exposed to the extreme heat of summer,

standing in the sandy soil dipping their sensitive feet in the hot

sand, even without a drop of water to drink for more than 12 hours !

I wish there were at least one Gajendra in the group who could pray to

Guruvayoorappan to take care of them. Is there any wonder in the

pachyderms turning amuck? And when they turn amuck to show their

protest, we will tie them up with chains, or if they turn violent out

of sheer disgust, we will even go to the extent of shooting them

down.

 

Should man be so cruel, in the name of God?

 

Is there no SPCA in the area ?

 

Regards

KVG.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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