Although the elephant has killed people at other festivals, none has ever been affected at Thrissur Pooram. Standing at 10.5 feet, Ramachandran is the country’s tallest elephant and has a Facebook page that is followed by over 16,000 people. One of the conditions is that the temple that owns Ramachandran will be held responsible for any untoward incident involving the tusker. After revoking the collector’s ban, the advocate-general urged the temple authorities to ensure that people are kept away from Ramachandran. Federation general secretary P. Sasikumar told The Telegraph: “As ordered, we will be using Ramachandran only for the opening ritual.

Source: The Telegraph May 11, 2019 01:18 UTC