With their swishing tails and gently flapping ears, mechanical elephants are slowly finding a place in religious events in ...

earlier this month was the elephant Kombara Kannan. Pooram is a temple festival and among its traditional rituals is a parade of caparisoned elephants. To say an elephant stole the show at such a ...

The mechanised elephant, named Kombara Kannan, stands three metres tall, weighs about 800 kg and is powered by five motors, PETA said. He shakes his head, flaps his ears and can even spray water ...

Kombara Kannan, a three-metre-tall mechanical elephant weighing 800 kilograms will be unveiled at Kombara Sree Krishna Swami Temple, Thrissur, by Anoushka Shankar and PETA India. Satish Vimalan ...

Standing 3 m tall and weighing 800 kg, the elephant, named Kombara Kannan, was unveiled on Wednesday by Satish Vimalan, Secretary of the Unnayi Variyar Memorial Kalanilayam. Kombara Kannan became ...

The three-metre tall mechanical elephant, named Kombara Kannan, will be donated to the temple in honour of its commitment to never hire or keep real elephants, PETA India said in a statement.