Coimbatore: Lakshmi, the elephant owned via the Irattai Tirupathi Temple in Srivaikuntam, Thoothukudi, used to be underweight when she arrived on the rejuvenation camp for temple elephants at Thekkampatti close to Mettupalayam. Thanks to the luxurious foods and vitamin dietary supplements, on the end of the 48-day camp, she has put on weight and develop into have compatibility.
Meanwhile, her pals from different temples and mutts throughout Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, who were overweight, have trimmed down—thanks to the bodily training they underwent on the camp.
The camp, which started on January 4, concluded on Tuesday. A total of 33 elephants that attended it feasted on fed palm shoots, coconut shoots, bamboo and corn stalks. They were also given vitamin dietary supplements and ayurvedic medications, mentioned an reputable.
For the first time because the camp used to be introduced, this 12 months, veterinarians analysed blood samples of the elephants and ready haematological stories in conjunction with the health stories, mentioned a camp reputable. “The blood analysis stories might be given to the temple authorities so that they may be able to prepare additional scientific take care of the elephants,” the reputable mentioned.
Assistant director of animal husbandry and the staff head of veterinarians on the camp Dr S Thirukumaran mentioned the elephants had been rejuvenated. “We treated some elephants for explicit illnesses. Some of them had sores that had to be tended. One elephant underwent treatment for a lung infection,” he told TOI.
The camp, which cost the exchequer Rs 1,50,79,000, used to be inaugurated via minister for forests Dindigul C Srinivasan and minister for Hindu spiritual and charitable endowments Sevvoor S Ramachandran. This is the 10th such rejuvenation camp for temple elephants in the state since it used to be introduced in November 2003 via late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The camp used to be not held from 2066 to 2011. It used to be resumed when AIADMK got here to energy in 2011. While the camp used to be first of all held in Theppakkad in Nilgiris, it used to be shifted to Thekkampatti in Mettupalayam in 2013.
Meanwhile, her pals from different temples and mutts throughout Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, who were overweight, have trimmed down—thanks to the bodily training they underwent on the camp.
The camp, which started on January 4, concluded on Tuesday. A total of 33 elephants that attended it feasted on fed palm shoots, coconut shoots, bamboo and corn stalks. They were also given vitamin dietary supplements and ayurvedic medications, mentioned an reputable.
For the first time because the camp used to be introduced, this 12 months, veterinarians analysed blood samples of the elephants and ready haematological stories in conjunction with the health stories, mentioned a camp reputable. “The blood analysis stories might be given to the temple authorities so that they may be able to prepare additional scientific take care of the elephants,” the reputable mentioned.
Assistant director of animal husbandry and the staff head of veterinarians on the camp Dr S Thirukumaran mentioned the elephants had been rejuvenated. “We treated some elephants for explicit illnesses. Some of them had sores that had to be tended. One elephant underwent treatment for a lung infection,” he told TOI.
The camp, which cost the exchequer Rs 1,50,79,000, used to be inaugurated via minister for forests Dindigul C Srinivasan and minister for Hindu spiritual and charitable endowments Sevvoor S Ramachandran. This is the 10th such rejuvenation camp for temple elephants in the state since it used to be introduced in November 2003 via late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The camp used to be not held from 2066 to 2011. It used to be resumed when AIADMK got here to energy in 2011. While the camp used to be first of all held in Theppakkad in Nilgiris, it used to be shifted to Thekkampatti in Mettupalayam in 2013.
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