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February 9, 2026e-Paper

Updated - February 09, 2026 07:49 am IST - KOCHI

An elephant turned unruly and injured one of its mahouts at Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple at Thripunithura on Sunday. The tusker, Chamapuzha Unnikrishnan, ran amok around 8.15 p.m. when it was being brought to the temple to be paraded during the Athazha seeveli ritual.

Temple employees managed to get devotees, who were panicked, out of the temple as the elephant ran towards the Devaswom office and stayed put there.

The tusker was brought under control later at the night. The injured mahout was rushed to a private hospital.

Published - February 09, 2026 06:14 am IST

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