The Adoor Gajamela, is part of the ten-day annual celebration held at the Parthasarathy Temple in Adoor. The highlight of the festival is the elephant pageant. Hundreds of people throng the temple premises to witness this spectacle where around nine bedecked tuskers are paraded. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Krishna, who is also known as Parthasarathy - the charioteer of Parthan, another name for Arjuna. Arjuna is one of the five Pandava princes in the Indian epic Mahabharata.
The Adoor Gajamela, Pathanamthitta
Parthasarathy Temple, Adoor, Pathanamthitta, Kerala