This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The royalty of India—Hindu and Muslim—understood long ago that power was best wielded from the back of an elephant.

Supreme Court of India defends use of elephants in festivals as cultural tradition amidst foreign funding allegations.

Kochi: The high court on Thursday orally asked whether the state govt was playing a double game before the court and the apex ...

Malappuram district bans DJ music at elephant festivals, implements new norms for safe procession, including crowd control measures.

THRISSUR: Guruvayur Devaswom’s tusker Balu emerged first in the elephant race aka Aanayottam held at Sree Krishna temple on ...