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'Aanayoottu' is the ceremonial feeding of
elephants. Nowadays its a common thing in almost all the processions of the
temples. In this ritual medicinal food prepared specially to feed the elephants.
During this ritual a lot of food is given to elephants and it leads to 'erandakettal'
means constipation.
Perumbillissery Sajprasad an elephant who participated in aanayoottu procession
after that started the constipation and died on August 2007. Coconut, jgggery,
rice flakes, honey they are formed as a concrete like mix in his colon and this
leads to his death. It is also observed that the food is given in plastic carry
bags and this may also damage their health.
Elephant lovers still remember the elephants Shankarankulangara ganapathy,
Manissery Rajagopal and Avittathoor Shivaprasad who died due to constipation
after the Aanayoottu.
Do you know.....
Elephants are the largest land animal alive today
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