In Mint, Ajayan on how elephants are auctioned during the festival season in Kerala:
The four-month-long festival season has started in Kerala’s temples — the season starts in January, peaks in February and March, and tapers off in April — and local organizing committees are shopping for elephants. And given that pride, and a lot of money from West Asia — where a lot of people from the state work (and from where they repatriate funds to families back home) — is at stake, not just any elephant will do.
The pachyderm of choice has to be tall, have large ears, a trunk that almost reaches the ground, long and unbroken tusks, and an impressive fan of hair at the end of its short tail.
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yeah i like this temple season with a lot of festivals or perinal kerala, with school vacation.