Residents, devotees hold march to keep elephant in Nandani village of dist
Madhuri or Mahadevi is a 36-year-old elephant.
Bombay High Court recently ordered rehabilitation of the elephant to Vantara's Radhe Krishna Temple Elephant Welfare Trust at Jamnagar, Gujarat, citing that the pachyderm's well-being must come before religious customs. After this decision, the Jain Mutt filed a petition in the Supreme Court. The hearing on this matter will be on July 28 in the Supreme Court.
The silent march, comprising nearly 7,000 people, started from the village chowk and converged at Swastishree Jinsen Bhattarak Pattacharya Mahaswami Sansthan Mutt.
The villagers displayed placards which said, "The fight is for the existence of Mahadevi, we will fight peacefully till the end, our elephant is our tradition."
Former MP Raju Shetti, Shirol MLA Rajendra Patil-Yadravkar, Anil Madnaik, member of the mutt, Sagar Sambhushete, the manager of the mutt, also participated in the silent march. Former MP Raju Shetti said, "Nandani Mutt is 1,200 years old, and devotees from Maharashtra and Karnataka visit here.
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People from other religions also visit the Mutt. Just because someone wants a tamed elephant, shifting this elephant by using power is not good.
The elephant is taken proper care of here. Although the matter is before the court, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis should pay attention to this issue, keeping in mind the religious sentiments of the villagers and devotees."
MLC Satej Patil, through his official Twitter account, tweeted, "The elephant holds special significance in the Panchakalyan ritual of non-violent and animal-loving Jain community. The govt should intervene and find a suitable solution to this to maintain the respect and dignity of the religious sentiments of the Jain community."
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