elephants now & then

#Elephants occupy a special place in the life and art of India.As elephants are known for their intelligence and smartness. Their legendary attributes of strength, intelligence, smartness, nobility and longevity are eulogized in myth, epic and popular literature. In the figural and decorative arts, elephants provide an enduring fascination. At centuries-old temples, monastries, forts and palaces, elephants flank ceremonial entrances, enrich columns and capitals, form balustrades to stairways or stand as enigmatic sentinels of vast courtyards. Here in this we could see a #hosaylsa period relif sculpture in the pillars of  #srirangam #ranganathar temple at tamilnadu. In this we could notice the well decorated tusker is trying to shows amazing strength by breaking the branch of the tree.

In this collage we could see the similar scenarios of Asian elephant and African elephant. A snapshot from the IFS Officer Susanta Nanda's short clipping of a indian tusker stretching up for plucking a #jackfruit from a 25-feet tall tree in #Silent_Valley National Park of Palakkad District in the state of #Kerala which was quite viral during 2019.

In the other hand we could see the
#Inventive African elephant Teetering on its two feet to reach a tasty meal high up in the trees, the hungry beast backed up onto his hind legs before stretching out his long trunk and tearing down some of his favourite acacia leaves to snack on in South #Luangwa National Park, #Zambia.

#Ramu.Rm.N