Guruvayur Temple festival begins with Anayottam elephant race, Balu wins, followed by Chentamarakshan, Devadas participates.

Thrissur: The grand ‘Anayottam’ (elephant race) at Guruvayur, which signals the beginning of the temple’s annual festival, saw tusker Guruvayur Balu claim victory. Close behind him was tusker ...

The court’s inquiry comes after two elephants, Peethambaran and Gokul, owned by the Guruvayur Devaswom, were taken for the Kuruvangad Manakulangara Bhagavathy temple festival in Koyilandy ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. New York City fire officials say the fire started in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday morning. Workers at the ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...