A picture from Thrissur Pooram festival. In Kerala, most of the hindu temples own elephants. The majority elephants owned by the temples are donated by devotees. In Guruvayoor temple, there are more than 60 elephants. Punnattur Kotta, which is the world’s only Elephant Palace is just 3 km away from this Guruvayur Temple. Punnathur Kotta is to house the Guruvayoor temple’s elephants. Guruvayur Keshavan, a famous elephant belonged to this Guruvayoor temple.