WATCH: Elephant Mahadevi Returns To Maharashtra's Kolhapur After 409 Days, Thousands Welcome Her At Midnight
Kolhapur: Mahadevi, also known as Madhuri, the elephant from the Swastishri Bhattaraka Pattacharya Mahaswami Sansthan Math in Nandani, returned home after 409 days on Friday night. Thousands of devotees gathered to welcome her as she reached the math at around 1.30 am. Mahadevi’s return brought an emotional end to a wait that lasted more than a year. As she entered the Nishidhika area of the…
Kolhapur: After 409 days, Mahadevi the elephant returned to her home at the Swastishri Bhattaraka Pattacharya Mahaswami Sansthan Math in Nandani on Friday night. Thousands of devotees gathered to welcome her as she arrived around 1.30 am. The emotional reunion brought tears to the eyes of Swastishri Bhattaraka Pattacharya Mahaswami, head of the math.
Mahadevi's journey home began at the elephant rehabilitation center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and was accompanied by a 42-member team, including Forest Department personnel and medical professionals. The team safely transported her to a specially prepared Madhuri Residence within the Nandani Math premises. Along the route, devotees lined the streets, decorating their homes with rangoli and showering the ambulance with flowers as it passed by.
The welcome ceremony continued as Mahadevi made her way towards the math, with public figures like MP Dhairyasheel Mane and MLA Rahul Awade in attendance.
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