Elephants clash during Kerala’s temple festival in Thrissur

A viral video has emerged from Kerala’s Thrissur district showing two elephants clashing during a temple festival on Friday. The festival was held at the Tharakkal temple.

The incident took place at around 10:30 pm during the concluding ceremony Upacharam Chollal. According to local reports,



the elephant named Guruvayur Ravikrishnan went berserk, throwing his mahout.

The elephant then charged a fellow elephant named Puthupally Arjunan, causing panic among the devotees.Puthupally Arjunan was chased for 1km by Guruvayur Ravikrishnan before the elephant squad brought them under control.