Elephants' use in temples for taking money exploitative: HC
The Madras High Court has observed that use of elephants to bless devotees and seek money is exploitative and amounts to begging. Petitioner N Sekar had sought to quash an order passed by the forest department officials, suspending the transit licence for taking his elephant to Sree Varadharaja Perumal temple at Kancheepuram near Chennai.