but it’s true that some of them are more well-known inside and outside India than others. Perhaps the most intriguing is ...

“India’s elephants have survived in larger numbers than other elephants in Asia.” The elephant-headed god Ganesh, the remover of obstacles, is invoked before every new endeavor. Elephants ...

Lord Ganesha is a Hindu God and is a son of Lord Shiva and Parvati. Known as 'Vighnaharta' or remover of obstacles, the elephant-headed Hindu God is worshipped at the beginning of any puja or on ...

Mitter) is a fictional private investigator starring in a series of Bengali novels and short stories written by Indian Bengali film director and writer Satyajit Ray. The detective lives at 21 ...

This is the shocking moment an enraged elephant swang a worshipper around with its trunk during its rampage through an Indian temple ... In Kerala, well known as God's Own Country, elephants ...

"Har Har Mahadev" is a Hindu religious slogan praising God Shiva, while Gajanan is one of the names of elephant-headed Hindu deity Lord Ganesh. Organisers were prepared to welcome up to 400 ...

Beliefs and respect for the animal help communities rationalise why elephants damaged their crops or houses in Udalguri ...

The Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad (a sacred Hindu text) states ... A statue of the elephant-headed god, Lord Ganesh Some Hindus believe that Brahman is omnipotent (all-powerful), so these events ...

It shows an elephant, which has been decorated to make it appear it has three heads, led along a road. "Har Har Mahadev" is a Hindu religious slogan praising God Shiva, while Gajanan is one of the ...