WE HAD gone back to Ceylon for a second winter so that I could paint elephants, and were in Akuressa because it was the nearest place to the Dediyagala sawmill where elephants worked. Seeing elephants ...
Decorated elephants for parade at the annual festival in Siva Temple, Cochin, India© Aleksandar Todorovic/Shutterstock.com In India, elephants are not just animals; they are iconic figures, deeply ...