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Thechikkottukavu Ramachandran

KUTTANKULANGARA ARJUNAN

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Pampady Rajan

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Elephant Facts

* Elephants can perceive sound frequencies inaudible to humans. Some times they communicate each other through infrasonic waves. Large ears help them to receive a wide range of frequencies.
* Elephants always fan their ears; this action cools their body. Elephants have few sweat glands, so the fanning of the ears regulates the body temperature.
* Elephants travel a long distance in search of food
* Elephants trunkful water almost weighs 10L. He uses the trunk as a hose and pour this into the mouth.
* Elephants drink 250L of water per day
* Elephants are vegetarians
* The gestation period is 21 months
* Elephants have clean eating habits. They dust out the dirt from the eatables.
* Elephants can recognize people by their smell even after years.
* The tusk is an extension of the upper teeth
* The trunk is formed by the upper lip and the nose and is made up of 100000 muscles
* Elephants have large memory capacity
* Captive elephant population in Kerala is approximately 600;nearly 500 of these are bulls.
* Bull elephants without tusks are called 'makhans'
* Most of theelephants have 18 nails, some of them have 20
* The testes of male elephant is placed abdominally, they enlarge during musth time.
* The vulval openings of a cow elephant are between the hind legs, they mate like all other quadrepeds.
* Elephants have no gall bladder

Famous Elephants in Kerala

* Guruvayur Padmanabhan
* Thechikkottukavu Ramachandran
* Pambadi Rajan
* Mangalamkunnu Karnan
* Kandampully Balanarayanan
* Thiruvambadi Sivasunder
* Cheruppulassery Paarthan
* Cheruppulassery Manikandan
* Paaranur Nandan
* Guruvayur Nandan
* Nanu Ezhuthachan Sreenivasan
* Kongadu Kuttishankaran
* Cherppulassery Shekharan
* Ollukkara Thiruvanikkavu Rajagopalan
* Eerattupetta Ayyappan
* Kuttankulangara Ramdas
* Kodungalloor Gireeshan
* Thiruvanikkavu Rajagopalan
* Mangalamkunnu Ayyappan(Paramekkavu Devaswom)
* Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrashekharn
* Pattathu Sreekrishnan
* Guruvayur Indrasenan
* Kuttankulangara Arjunan
* Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy
* Thrikkadavur Shivaraju
* Guruvayur Valiyakesavan
* Puthrukkovil Ganapathy
* Puthrukkovil Parthasarathy
* Puthuppally Gireeshan
* Puthuppally Sadhu
* Sreenivasan
* Puthenkulangara Ananthapadmanabhan
* Malayalappuzha Rajan
* Karunagappally Mahadevan
* Paravur Shashi
* Aaranmula Reghu
* Thiruvalla Jayachandran
* Thrissur Kandambully Balanarayanan
* Manissery Karnan
* Ottappalam Mangalamkunnu Karnan
* Kollam PuthenKulangara Anantha Padmanabhan
* Changanacherry Swamy Ayyappan
* Kalloorkkadu Mahadevan
* Pullukulangara Ganeshan
* Viyyor Neelakantan
* Shankarnkulangara ManikandanSreerangam Murali
* Kalloorkkad Mahadevan
* Ollukkara Krishnadas
* Ezhuthachan Sreenivasan
* Thirunakkara Sivan
* MalliyoorSreeGanapathy
* Pullamkulangara Ganeshan
* Devaswom Achuthan Kutty
* Thynakavu Manikandan
* Thechikkottukavu Devidasan
* Sreevivasan
* Palakkad Keshavan
* Pullukula Ganeshan
* Ollukkara Krishnadas
* Thottuchalil Bolenath
* Mannar Vijayan
* Durga Prasad
* Puthuppally Kesavan
* Sreerangam Murali
* Mannar Madom Ganeshan
* Udayanapuram Vijayan
* Kiran Narayanan Kutty
* Annamanada Umamaheswaran
* Ushasree Shankaran Kutty
* Vakkayil Gangadharan
* Chirkkattu Venugopal
* Puthuppally Brahmadathan
* Kiran Kannnan
* Kiran Ganapathy
* Paravur Baladevan
* Thiruvambadi Rajashekharan
* Avittathoor Sivaprasad
* Bastian Vinayachandran
* Bastian Vinayashankar
* Chalakkudy Ukkankunju
* Cheeroth Rajeev
* Cheloor Gopinathan
* Cherai Krishnadas
* Chevoor Vijayan
* Chirakkal Neelakandan
* Chirakkal Kalidasan
* Chulliparambil Ganapathy
* Chulliparambil Vishnu
* Cochin Devaswom Balaraman
* Cochin Devaswom Ramachandran
* Devaswom Gireeshan
* Chappamattom Krishnankutty
* Pallattu Shekharn
* Elakkattu Bolenath
* Thenmakkal Ganeshan
* Mudakkalil Sulthankutty
* Ithithanam Vishnunarayanan
* Chirakkadavu Kannan
* Pambady Sundaran
* Edamanappattu Mohanan
* Neendoor Ayyappan
* Harippad Skandan
* GVR Padmanabhan
* Avanipparambu Damodaran
* Thiruvullakkavu Manikandan
* MK Timbers Padmanabhan
* Thiruvanikkavu Jayaram Kannan
* Thiruvanikkavu Devikrishnan
* Nayarambalam Balakrishnan
* Pambadi Sundharan
* Choorakkattukara Ayyappa Das.
* Irinjalakkuda Meghavarnan
* Thottayakkadu Arjunan
* Kanjirakkattu Shekharan
* Nayarambalam Ramankutty
* Avittathur Murali
* Shenoy Chandrashekharan
* Puthenkulam Rajashekharan
* Puthenkulam Lakshmi
* Puthenkulam Shivan
* Maheswari(Thiruvananthapuram zoo, 75 years)
* Rajkumar(Thiruvananthapuram zoo, 18 years,mozha)
* Ponkunnam Naduvathumana Vinayan

Jayalalitha's Nadayiruthal

Krishna is a star in Punnathurkotta because she was offered by 'thalaivi' , former chief minister of Tamilnadu in 2001. Now he has 28 years. In 2004 he had won the 'aanayottam' conducted at Guruvayoor temple.

Earlier he was 'Kirangade Kannan' after she bought him she changed his name to Krishna. The ritual of offering an elephant to the temple is known as 'nadakkiruthal'. To offer an elephant to the Guruvayoor temple, clearance certificate from forest officials and veterinarians is a must. Besides the elephant we must give a fixed amount to the Devaswom for looking after it.

Elephant Ears

Elephant ears have more functions than our ears. Its not just for hearing purpose but it regulates the body temperature also. Elephants always fan their ears to cool their body. Ears are capable of listening even infra-sound. African elephant's ears are 3 times larger than Asian elephant.

Elephant ears have many more meanings.... above all they are very soft and sensitive organs.

Colocasia plants are also called elephant ears(ചേമ്പില).
In US a doughnut, a special dish served in carnivals is called elephant ears!!!!
In Kerala a herb is called aanachuvadi ( ആനചുവടി ) means the foot of elepahnt

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