Elephants at Punnathur Kotta, Guruvayur. POV experience and Detailed review by Fauzia

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Punnathurkotta is a fort and former palace located in Kottapadi, about 2 km from the Guruvayoor Sree Krishna Temple, in Thrissur District of Kerala State in South India. Punnathurkotta was once the palace of a local ruler, but the palace grounds are now used to house the elephants belonging to the Guruvayoor temple, and has been renamed Anakkotta (meaning “Elephant Fort”).

The compound also has a naalu kettu, a traditional rectangular home with a central courtyard, which belonged to the Punnathur Raja. It is poorly maintained and presently houses a training school for Papans (Mahout).This complex also contains a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and Bhagavathy. Some scenes in the famous Malayalam movie “Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha” (starring Mammooty) were filmed at this location.

It was a nice experience to see so many elephants used for the Thrissur Puram being taken care off. The elephant group was having Ekdanti, Giant tuskers, Mast elephants too. The masts are kept in isolation with warning board.

We stayed at Guruvayur homestay, which was an amazing family stay.