Sunday 14 December 2014

Elephant wearing Nettippattom in the heart of city!

Well...this is not a real elephant but a life-size model!

I shot this in front of Penta Menaka, a popular shopping complex at Marine drive in Kochi. It looked real... amazing! An air pump was attached to it by which the trunk was moving.

'Nettippattom', an ornamental gold plated sacred caparison is worn over elephant's forehead during temple festivals in Kerala. Nowadays miniature versions of this beautiful caparison, you will see in cars and houses also. Being sacred it is thought to bring prosperity.

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4 comments:

Joy said...

Good to know your tradition and the story behind.
Have a nice day:)

Rajiv Sankarapillai said...

Thanks so much, Joy :)
Wish you too an awesome week ahead.

Blackswan said...

The elephant looks so good! I wouldn't be able to tell if you hadn't word it. Happy holidays, Rajiv!

Rajiv Sankarapillai said...

Ha...ha...it looked awesome :)
Wish you too the same Shirley :)