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  2. Mahout - Wikipedia

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    An image of the elephant keeper in India riding his elephant from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825). Samponiet Reserve, Aceh Mahout with a young elephant at Elephant Nature Park, Thailand A young elephant and his mahout, Kerala, India. A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. [1] Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use.

  3. Indian elephant - Wikipedia

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    Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Government of India to protect elephant habitats and population. The Indian elephant is a cultural symbol throughout its range and appears in various religious traditions and mythologies. The elephants are treated positively and is revered as a form of Lord Ganesha in Hinduism. It has been designated ...

  4. Project Elephant - Wikipedia

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    Project Elephant is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered Indian elephant.The project was initiated in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Government of India to provide financial and technical support to the states for wildlife management of free-ranging elephant populations.

  5. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology - Wikipedia

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    Gajasura is an elephant demon killed by Shiva, in his Gajasurasamhara form. Gajendra the elephant, was rescued by Vishnu from the clutches of Huhu, the Crocodile in the legend of Gajendra Moksha. Ganesha also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, the elephant headed God. Iravati is a daughter of Kadru and Kasyapa. She is the mother of Airavata, the ...

  6. Gajendra Moksha - Wikipedia

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    The symbolic meaning of Gajendra moksha is that materialistic desires, ignorance, and sins create an endless chain of karma in this world and are similar to a crocodile preying upon a helpless elephant stuck in a muddy pond.

  7. Ashtadiggajas - Wikipedia

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    The title Ashtadiggajas (Ashta + dik + gaja) means elephants in eight directions.It refers to the old Hindu belief that eight elephants hold the earth in eight directions which are namely Airaavata, Pundareeka, Vamana, Kumuda, Anjana, Pushpadanta, Sarvabhauma, Suprateeka, whose wives are Abhra, Kapila, Pingala, Anupama, Taamraparni, Subhradanti, Angana, Anjanaavati.

  8. Category:Elephants in India - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Elephant reserves of India (13 P) Pages in category "Elephants in India"

  9. Gaja - Wikipedia

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    Gajendra Moksha, a Hindu legend where Vishnu saves an elephant from a crocodile. Gaja (Sanskrit: गज, lit. 'Elephant') is a Sanskrit word for elephant. It is one of the significant animals finding references in Hindu scriptures, as well as Buddhist and Jain texts. [1]