Punnathur Kotta Elephant Camp Guruvayur Devaswom Anakkotta Elephant Kotta Thrissur Tourism Kerala

Punnathur Kotta Elephant Camp maintained by Guruvayur Devaswom Board, near Guruvayur templel, also known as Anakkotta (Aana Kotta) or Elephant Kotta. This is part of Thrissur Tourism and Kerala Tourism.
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"). There were 86 elephants housed in the Elephant Kotta, but currently there are about 59 elephants. The elephants are ritual offerings made by the devotees of Lord Guruvayurappa.
Described as a 'Palace for Elephants,' this facility is also used to train the elephants to serve Lord Krishna as well as to participate in many festivals that occur throughout the year. The oldest elephant is around 82 years of age and is called 'Ramachandran'. The rituals of Gajapooja (Worshipping Elephants) and Anayoottu (Feeding Elephants) are observed here, as an offering to Lord Ganesha. The legendary elephant "Guruvayur Keshavan" was housed here.
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. The visiting hours are 9.00 AM to 5.00 PM.
The Elephant Camp is located in Punnathur Kotta, at a distance of 3 km from the Guruvayur Temple. This Elephant Camp houses 58 elephants in 11.5 acres of land and is home to the largest number of captive elephants. During the month July elephants are given special ayurvedic treatment and food.
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[@moni-mh3cb]

എലിഫൻറ് ക്യാമ്പ് കാണിച്ചു തന്നതിന് വളരെ നന്ദി കാണാൻ നല്ല രസമുണ്ട് ഇനി ഇതുപോലുള്ള കാഴ്ചകൾ കാണിച്ചു തരിക

[@ravichandraangadi1404]

Sir, I had visited Guruvayur but but not visited this place. Also I have watched all your Belur Halebidu videos these are awesome. Thank you Sir.

[@jayalaxmiravi3437]

I am this place visiting in Guruvayoor 5 km on the way very biggest elephant camp 340 elephant stay thisplace amazing zoo

[@radbcc]

They are all suffering so much. They are all chained. They all have less than 3 feet to move. This should not be celebrated. The Government should outlaw these types of parks. This is almost as bad as the Chinese parks.

[@invertedaura1986]

Yes. Chinese parks in Kerala. You should try reading a book. It's this thing made of paper with words.

[@niskitab]

Amazing so many elephants in one place.

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thank you

[@aldonakrol6349]

All should be free no tortured ,beaten and on chains

[@aparnaabinraj4138]

Guruvayur appa sharanam🙏 Kerala

[@divshakitchen3357]

ende swandam keralam😘😘

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

🙏🙏🙏

[@sampathkumar7057]

Superb .....to look at so many elephants at one place and the details provided in description is big information. Thanks for making us know about this place

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

My pleasure 🙏😊

[@spp2000]

Sad to see them tied in chains :-( Let them free please!!

[@phenomaneltravel]

Am from kerela, thrissur, guruvayoor near my home 12km

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Adipoli 😀

[@phenomaneltravel]

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[@exploringnaturalbeauty2102]

So lucky 😭

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[@exploringnaturalbeauty2102]

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[@rakeshraki286]

Very nice we visited it once their it was amazing

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

😊👍🙏

[@preejarajeev1514]

🙏GURUVAYURAPPAA🥰

[@arvinthvidhya7441]

Wow super elephants nodake kushiaagthithe.

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thank you

[@muhammedshamnajm3818]

Kerala❤️

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

♥️♥️

[@marutismk6391]

ನಮಸ್ಕಾರ ಸುರೇಶ್ ಅವರೇ ತುಂಬಾ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಈ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಕ್ಕೆ ಥ್ಯಾಂಕ್ಯು ಸೋ ಮಚ್ ಗುಡ್ ಜಾಬ್

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

ಮೈ ಪ್ಲೆಶರ್ 😊😊

[@vivek-1318]

Awesome

[@i4tack752]

Super

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thanks

[@gomathisivaramakrishnan9381]

Lovely place.

[@FantasyJourney]

Supper anna

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

🙏🙏🙏

[@TRULY_MUSIC_VIBEZ]

1:05 very beautiful elephAnt

[@popstargaming8017]

Kerala 😍🥰🥰😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@Batannan]

6:20 valiya kesavan 🥺🌹

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

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[@thulasiajay7000]

Nandan💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

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[@bhagyaruby6571]

Elephant videos i like it

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Happy to know 😊🙏

[@savithriks8992]

😍👌👍 nice vedio

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thank you 😊

[@YashwanthLakshmeesha]

Wow 😎

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thank you 😊🙏

[@mahalakshmisamarthsathvik9941]

Super sir

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thank you

[@koolanooj1665]

Why all tied from two sides.seems some couldn't reach water tank.

[@invertedaura1986]

Trust me, there are a lot of people caring for these demigod elephants. Water availability is never a problem for these creatures touched by God.

[@sumalalsuman1088]

Thank you sir 🙏 me work as Mahout here

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Oh nice 🙏🙏🙏

[@varundixith5153]

Super👌Sudeesh☺️

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thank you Varun

[@aadithyadev7778]

Elephants cannot be tamed they can only be.....🙂

[@krishnenduchikkku8384]

Ivide poyattullavar onne like adi👍

[@muhammedshamnajm3818]

Whn will u post wayanad videos

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

At the earliest 😊🙏

[@ambicas3522]

Are the elephants taken good care?

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Yes very much

[@Alberto81181]

if you really love elephants you shouldn't encourage such places by visiting them.

[@sunilgowda5962]

😊👌👌👍

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

Thank you 😊

[@jayarajp349]

1:38 nandhanaan😘😝

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

🙏🙏🙏

[@sachinsr9213]

Love from kerala

[@nagarajunagaraju9957]

Sakalesapura video made sir

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

try madthini

[@raghavendrar6734]

Very beautiful elephants but one thing is that they’re charging more for Cameras

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

True

[@prashantj7839]

Why do they keep so many elephants in captivity?

[@aarycreations1516]

I am from GURUVAYOOR

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

🙏🙏

[@shanusafashanusafa6912]

Hlo

[@amitshroff1]

This is definitely not a happy sight, the elephants are stressed and are swaying their heads sideways and one of the elephants can be seen pulling the chain. While we worship the very form of elephant in the form of Ganesha, we enslave the living creatures. Very sad state of affairs, people shouldn't encourage such places by visiting them.

[@invertedaura1986]

There's ALWAYS an ignorant idiot like you in the comments section. Go read up on the place before you spout your woke PETA bullshit on KZbin.

[@aldonakrol6349]

Just open your eyes , and look at the wild animal condition!!!!!This is circus !!!

[@amitshroff1]

@@invertedaura1986 truth is bitter, and culture is discriminatory. Looking at the tradition of temples even Churches in Kerala have started buying elephants because it is a source of money. You can either choose to remain the ignorant self or read on the signs of stress and what elephants do when they are under stress.

[@amitshroff1]

@@invertedaura1986 you might want to look at Elephant Nature Park and how they've kept elephants, nobody calls them out for keeping elephants the right way

[@hemahemanth8384]

innu salpa video length madhi

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

🙏🙏🙏

[@சஞ்சய்தமிழன்]

I had visited onetime not my son sanjay

[@radhamenon2769]

You have taken the video well. However, it is sad to see elephants chained up like this. Elephants belong in the wild. It is cruel and barbaric to keep them chained up all day just to entertain people. SET THEM FREE. If you truly worship elephants, let them live out the rest of their lives in an elephant sanctuary. No god needs this. It's only man's greed that makes him do this.

[@vinayhr5872]

Nice place but our sakrebyle and Dubare elephant camps are far better. We can touch, feed and give bath to elephants. But here they are not even allowing people near Elephants. 🙁

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

True

[@invertedaura1986]

Elephants are not your pets. You go in with this attitude you won't be so upset.

[@sa34w]

@@invertedaura1986 yes, great them with respect rather than some carnie attraction

[@rjkottakkal]

In march 2021 45 elephant only

[@invertedaura1986]

News flash: Elephants aren't immortal.

[@invertedaura1986]

Don't mean to be rude correcting you, but Guruvayoorappan is not an avatar of Krishna, but a standalone folk avatar of guru and vayu. So the elephants aren't being trained to serve lord Krishna (1:17), they are all wards of the great Keshavan, an elephant famously known to have been Guruvayoor's own superstar in his own right. His tusks are displayed in the Guruvayoor museum. Otherwise, great video my man.

[@SudeeshKottikkal]

thank you for sharing the information

[@SDM543]

You may call it religion tradition or whatever. At the end of the day you are destroying nature and Gods own creation. Bringing elephants from wild and keeping them captive I dont know what kind of religion or devotion is that. These animals are crying.

[@padmajavalanjoo]

Kindly untie them and let them live their life. You are taking away their freedom.

[@yasothatsr3448]

If you are looking for washroom, stay at hotel

[@invertedaura1986]

If you're looking for likes, stay in the masala KZbin channels

[@aldonakrol6349]

Shame on you, those animals should be free not tortured on chains , beaten.Are you people realy enjoying the view????

[@razeenarazi9126]

88,,,

[@nisarakd2194]

Plis mobail no send

[@pauldavis9302]

Its worst charactor of peoples ter . I took one photo they said , go out of this place and my family was very upset

[@invertedaura1986]

There's a reason why people follow the rules here. I'm sure if you took a ticket they wouldn't have evicted you from there.