Mahouts bathing an elephant

Mahouts bathing an elephant at the Kodanad elephant training center, Kerala
Mahouts bathing an elephant | Kodanad, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

The Kodanad elephant training center is a training home for rescued elephants. Prior to the government of India ban on capturing elephants, it was a training center for wild elephants.

173 Replies to “Mahouts bathing an elephant”

  1. I have a deep appreciation for these creatures. They are amazing. The composition of the photo is interesting and increases the focus on the elephant. I’m happy for its rescue and glad that there are people who can provide good care.

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  2. What an incredible photo. Quite moving, especially given the plight of elephants now. Beautiful, thank you for taking this and sharing it. – Rachel

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  3. Nice and tight capture. Congratulations are in order, Joshi! :)

    “Prior to the government of India ban on capturing elephants, it was a training center for wild elephants.”

    Training wild elephants for what ?

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  4. Your portraits are all incredible and striking images, I look forward to following you and seeing more. Thanks for dropping by my site

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  5. Kodanad was a beautiful tourist destination for foreign tourists and a great picnic spot for the locals. I have been to this place numerous times during my childhood since it was very close to my home. Unfortunately, the animals were kept in a poor condition and lot of complaints were registered for animals abuse. All the animals from this place were either released or moved to an open zoo at Abhayaranyam. See the current status of Kodanad Elephant training centre

    Abhayaranyam is an interesting place to visit, which is about 2.5km from Kodanad. Many of the animals from Kodanad are moved there. Also, it is a good picnic area, which already started getting lot of attraction among the locals.

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  6. First look of the photo made me think it’s an elephant carved on wood. When we looked more closely I realized its actually an elephant :) beautiful work

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