Kesava the elephant

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The temple elephant of Guruvāyūr, given to the Deity by the ruler of Nilambur in 1922. No trainer could break his will; he was won instead by caraṇāmṛta and mahā-prasāda. He served fifty-four years, observed Ekādaśī and parikramā without being taught them, and left his body before the Deity in 1976.

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