<p class="title">The ailing Kollur temple elephant died on Tuesday night. The 62-year-old, ‘Indira’ was suffering from fever for the past three days and was treated by a veterinary doctor from Sakrebailu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The female jumbo was accommodated in a shed in Kalyani Gudde area in Kollur, about 150 meters away from Sri Mookambika temple. She was not able to get up and walk due to weakness.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though she showed signs of recovery on Tuesday evening, her condition worsened by night and she died at around 9 pm. Indira was donated to Kollur temple by a timber merchant who was a devotee of the temple. She was shifted from Balehonnur to Kollur about 22 years ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thousands of devotees held the pachyderm in high reverence and for many, the visit to the temple was not complete without offering a banana to Indira.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Garlands of jasmine were placed on her and hundreds of devotees mourned her death. The priests in the locality conducted the rituals on Wednesday. After the rituals, a team of veterinary doctors conducted the autopsy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The traders near the temple and auto drivers in Kollur did not attend to their work on Wednesday and voluntarily participated in the last rites of the elephant. As a part of the ritual, to be conducted after the death of a temple elephant, ‘Gaja Moksha’ homa was held on Wednesday, temple sources added.</p>
<p class="title">The ailing Kollur temple elephant died on Tuesday night. The 62-year-old, ‘Indira’ was suffering from fever for the past three days and was treated by a veterinary doctor from Sakrebailu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The female jumbo was accommodated in a shed in Kalyani Gudde area in Kollur, about 150 meters away from Sri Mookambika temple. She was not able to get up and walk due to weakness.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though she showed signs of recovery on Tuesday evening, her condition worsened by night and she died at around 9 pm. Indira was donated to Kollur temple by a timber merchant who was a devotee of the temple. She was shifted from Balehonnur to Kollur about 22 years ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thousands of devotees held the pachyderm in high reverence and for many, the visit to the temple was not complete without offering a banana to Indira.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Garlands of jasmine were placed on her and hundreds of devotees mourned her death. The priests in the locality conducted the rituals on Wednesday. After the rituals, a team of veterinary doctors conducted the autopsy.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The traders near the temple and auto drivers in Kollur did not attend to their work on Wednesday and voluntarily participated in the last rites of the elephant. As a part of the ritual, to be conducted after the death of a temple elephant, ‘Gaja Moksha’ homa was held on Wednesday, temple sources added.</p>