My dad was a very big devotee of Lord Ayyappa. He use to visit Sabarimala twice a year, I still remember one fine morning my dad woke me up early and made me to wear that Sabarimala maalai. It was my third grade, I took a week off and went to that temple for the very first time.
Train or bus or Van whatever it will be, 90’s kids or 80’s or 2k kids whomever it is, window seat will be a very big dream and if we get it, that’s it no words to describe. Like this my journey started really well, window seat, snacks and the climate wow it’s one of my best trips till now.
I didn’t prayed anything, it’s just a trip for me and especially a long weekend with no home and class work’s. But that’s the trip where something special happened to me. And it’s a very memorable thing too. As most of us know, pilgrims of Sabarimala will cook themselves by parking their van in nearby places, so my dad did the same, and the place had rubber trees on one side and forest on the other side which is slope.
And in that slope only I have seen my favorite animal. A Mom and Calf having something down there, oh wow I can’t able to describe how excited I was.
while typing this blog post, that dark clouds, rubber forest, my dad’s cooking skills in forest pops up in my mind along with those Giant animal – Elephant 🐘
From Sabarimala dad took me to Guruvayur Elephant camp, so my love towards elephant started growing like bamboo plant.
Giant body, rough skins, knowledge, care, family etc etc have attracted me towards them. Then I started learning about them, my guru Mohammad Ali sir book helped me to know them better. And I still wonder how intelligent they are!!! Head of the family guide the rest, their love towards the small ones. Google it about the basic info like types of elephants, how much it will consume, size etc
Most of us knows this Ivory poaching, Deforestation, Constructions, Elephant corridor occupancy etc etc causing problems to them. But in newspaper article people will complain about elephants by saying it have destroyed their belongings.
Almost everything about them is vast topic and my particular worry is about their Corridor. We need to create better environment, healthy environment for them but we are destroying everything, it’s our responsibility to raise awareness among others.
Let’s start loving Elephants !!!! And it’s World Elephant Day today ( 12 August). And it’s just a simple blog post to show my love on them.
Rjsakthi 