TN authorities construct bathing pool worth Rs 50L for temple elephant
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he Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment (HR and amp;CE) department has constructed a bathing pool worth Rs 50 lakhs for an elephant at a temple.
The pool has been constructed at the Perur Pateeswarar temple for its elephant, Kalyani.
It was inaugurated on Tuesday by the state Minister for HRiamp;CE, P.K. Sekar Babu.
In the 2022-23 budget of the Tamil Nadu government, provisions were earmarked for the construction of 10 such pools.
The pool is 10 m long and 1.8 m in depth and can hold 1.2 lakh litres of water at a depth of 4 ft.
It also has 12.4 m long ramp for the elephant to walk easily into the pool.
There are 29 elephants in 27 temples across the state controlled by the HRiamp;CE department.
The construction of bathing polls is underway in two more temples.
✔️ TN authorities construct bathing pool worth Rs 50L for temple elephant
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