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One-eyed celebrity tusker opens Thrissur Pooram festival

Scores of devotees cheered as Kerala’s beloved one-eyed elephant waded through the corridor of the famed Vadakkunnathan temple in Thrissur on Sunday after it was given a conditional nod by the district authorities to participate in the Thrissur Pooram festival. Citing violent behaviour, the district authorities, in February this year, had imposed a stringent ban on the elephant, Thechikottukavu Ramachandran, after it trampled upon two people during an event.

The tusker has reportedly killed 14 people in the last 30 years.

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