Literature of any language is closely connected with nature as well as social culture of the established society. Elephant, a common, popular and powerful animal is widely taken care of in Sanskrit literature. It has been ...

Acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals are viewed as animal cruelty. Animal cruelty laws vary according to the state, and violations may constitute a crime or an offense, depending on the jurisdiction. In ...

The Asian elephants have contributed to Indian religions in a great way especially with their representations in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain art. The contribution to a foreign religion, Christianity is evident but scarce in ...

CHT is a unique part of the country of Bangladesh, both in terms of landscape and its people with 13 different ethnic groups. The area of the Chittagong Hill Tracts is about 13,184 km2, which is approximately one-tenth of ...

Myths encapsulate what societies have envisaged of as sacred, and they articulate the manner in which the sacred is understood in that society. The paper tries to look on those myths associated with the goddess Lakshmi, ...

‘Elephant’ in pāli as hatthi, nāga is known for its attributes. It is said that elephants have many additional attributes we humans lack; incredible long range infrasound, communicating in voices we never hear, such ...

Two species of elephants are traditionally recognized, the African elephant (Loxodontaafricana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). The Asian Elephant (also recognized as the Indian Elephant) is a large land animal ...

Human-elephant conflict (HEC), specifically crop-raiding, is a major conservation challenge. Many methods have been trialled to deter elephants from crops with varying success. One unique method demonstrating success in ...

Bishnupur, the medieval temple town in West Bengal has the concentration of a large group of terracotta temples that were constructed during the Malla regime in adherence to the new religious ideology of Vaisihnavism. The ...

All mammalian species including human being is virtually affected by highly contagious zoonotic disease called Anthrax. Anthrax is caused by Bacillus anthracis, a Gram-positive, non-motile sporulating rod bacterium. Although ...