The majority of the wooden elephants will be on display in The Commons area in Hermann Park, with a few others scattered ...

As artisan Rupa carefully paints a wooden elephant, she smiles, knowing that her work is part of a legacy that has endured for generations. In every stroke of color and every carved curve ...

well-versed in a "long tradition of carving, mainly in wood." Among them were the Vili, who traditionally hunted elephants (the meat was a dietary staple). After the Portuguese arrived in the ...

The mouth of the largest carving, which some say resembles the Hindu elephant-headed god Ganesh ... shopkeepers flog drinks, snacks and wooden carvings. There’s a ticket office near the entrance ...