A large dark elephant stands in silhouette on a dirt ground covered with dry palm fronds, its trunk raised upward against bright backlit sunlight with a lens flare. Behind it are palm trees, a tiled-roof house and green foliage. At the right edge, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands near a wooden post, one hand raised toward the elephant. - Nithyanandapedia

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A large dark elephant stands in silhouette on a dirt ground covered with dry palm fronds, its trunk raised upward against bright backlit sunlight with a lens flare. Behind it are palm trees, a tiled-roof house and green foliage. At the right edge, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands near a wooden post, one hand raised toward the elephant.

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