In Hampi, a female elephant lives in the Virupaksha temple. Lakshmi is 28 years old, adorned by the locals and she has been living in the temple throughout her life. When she comes out of the temple for a walk the air fills with love around her and the people approach her with fruits, asking for blessing. Every morning at around 7:30 she is taken to the river to have a wash. The ghats are busy at that time, people are having their morning bath and wash their clothes. Lakshmi is driven down to the river to occupy her usual place amongst the people. The process takes about an hour hard brushing from three men and a lot of patience from the nearly 300 kg animal. When its over, she is decorated again by her keeper.
Hampiban el egy nosteny elefant a Virupaksha templom melyen. Lakshmi 28 eves, es egesz eleteben a templomban elt. A helyiek imadjak: ha megjelenik a levego megtelik szeretettel, es az emberek rohannak hogy gyumolcsot adjanak neki es az aldasat kerjek.
Minden reggel fel nyolc korul leviszik furdeni a folyohoz. Abban az idoben a folyo lepcsoit megtoltik a furdozo es ruhat moso emberek. Lakshmit levezetik a lepcsokon hogy elfoglalja szokasos helyet a tomegben. A folyamat kozel egy oran at tart, harom ember sikalja a boret amig az elefant az oldalan fekszik turelmesen. Ha veget er, a gond
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ra feldisziti.
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