Pranam Many might have heard in the college Now a baby elephant walk original tune Music. KR IRS 9222 https://youtu.be/b1z4JfxFb6c Click and hear
On Wed, 9 Feb 2022 at 15:53, 'gopala krishnan' via iyer123 < [email protected]> wrote: > AANA (ELEPHANT) PART 3 > > Continued from part 2 > > 13. ELEPHANT’S DEPLOYED IN FESTIVAL > > The two poorams, at Trichur and Aarrttupuzha, is actually a pooram of > elephants. Beautiful male elephants after medical tests are only permitted > to the pooram festival. Trichur pooram is not the festival of Trichur > temple. It is conducted at Trichur temple. > 14. AAANA- CLOTHING. > > Near to my home, there was a she elephant in the Bhagavathi temple > (Kulanada). It was called Vanajakshi. The Late mahout Pappocchar used to > say- The chain over the body is the clothing of the elephant. An elephant > without putting the chain should not be used during festivals. > It was used to pull cut trees, sized woods, arranging etc. in forest > areas. It was very obedient and the mahout Pappochar never used to chain > it. > > *One day morning Pappoochar found elephant is missing* at the work place > near forest. Where ever it could go was done in the forest. News came the > elephant has missed and probably went deep in the forest. > > 14A VANAJAKSHI RE-APPEARING > > Mahout Pappoochar remained in the working areas near the forest, > assisting others in controlling elephants. One year and a few months > passed. Even pappoochar forgot about his elephant. > > One day morning pappoochar could not believe his eyes. *His vanajakshi > was standing in the same place from where it was missing with its chain*. > With a sign of relief he brought back the elephant. > > My elders said- Vanajakshikku saathya sandhatha undu. Athinu > pokathirikkan vayyathayi. Athukondu poyi ( Vanajakshi is truthful. Probably > in uncontrollable estrus it would have gone for mating.) > > *My note- I have read elsewhere a domesticated* elephant will not be > accepted again by forest elephants. However it is a true incident. > > 15. AANAVAL MOTHIRAM > > All the jeweler shops are having rings called Aaanaval mothiriam. They > use a bit of hair from its tail rolled as ring and encased in gold. It > is told the fear would become lesser to the person wearing it. > > 16. AANA CHAMAYAM > > Before Trichur pooram, the elephant gears- aaana pattam , Thidambu, bells > for fore legs, and umbrellas would be displayed. This is called AANA > CHAMAYAM. > > > 17. KUZHIYANA > > Kuzhiyana is called ant-lions in English. They live in small pits on the > ground. When any ant passes by, they flick the earth on to it so that the > ant falls into the pit. They live on ants. > > 18. SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION > > When a baby elephant is born ;its ears will not have folds. As it grows > its ears fold. From the folds one can know the age. > > Asian female elephants do not have tusks. Tusks are nothing but their > teeth. African elephants even the females have tusks. African elephants > have large ears since Africa is warmer than the places where Asian > elephants live. > > Asian elephants have only one finger like projection at the tip of their > trunk whereas African elephants have two. > > My addition- the elephants so flap the ears to reduce heat on body. > This is warmness normally. *(From the responses by Sri Venkat Raman)* > > There is another heat on the body due to estrus . This is desire for > mating. I read somewhere read domesticated elephants should be set free > in some forest areas free for some time. (They may mate in forest) > > During Ramayana period the elephants had for four tusks (Response by Sri > Rajaram Krishnamurthy) > > 19. BIRTH OF LORD GANESHA. > > nce Lord Siva and Goddess Parvathi took the form of elephants and leading > a happy life as elephants in the forests. At that time Parvathi delivered a > child- It was Lord Ganesha. (*I have read this legend in the net) * > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iyer123" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/301606935.1146467.1644402176719%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/iyer123/301606935.1146467.1644402176719%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooV06BxpY7t%2Bq3vjLRHGqqkaVtSGyhFS4y9RqQBkq_H9w%40mail.gmail.com.
