Supreme Court balances animal rights and temple customs during Thrissur Pooram, questioning Kerala High Court's directives.

especially during festivals like the iconic Thrissur Pooram. In contrast, there is the less dramatic image of an elephant herd quietly foraging in the wilderness. This duality is at the heart of ...

"The spatial restriction imposed by the High Court, mandating a minimum distance of three meters between elephants, brings the historic Thrissur Pooram to a grinding halt, as the thousand-year-old ...

The Supreme Court today (December 19) while effectively staying the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court dated ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday put hold on the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court order on the use of elephants during festivals, such as 'Thrissur Pooram'. A bench of Justices BV ...

The Poora Premi Sangam (Pooram enthusiasts) observed a powerful seven-hour fast on Tuesday to stand up for the preservation of elephant parades and fireworks, which they believe are vital to ...

The court ordered that any direction issued by the HC contrary to the Kerala Captive Elephants (Management and Maintenance) Rules, 2012, would be put on hold.

The Thiruvambady and Paramekkavu Devaswoms have appealed to the Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court's restrictions on the Thrissur Pooram elephant parade. They argue that the court's ...

The most keenly watched event of the Pooram festivities is the elephant parade -- of more than 50 jumbos, besides the firecracker displays, that starts in the afternoon and continues till the ...

MR Ajith Kumar Thiruvambady devaswom, or temple administration, is one of the two major participants of the Thrissur Pooram ... sent back six captive elephants that had been brought for the ...