In India, elephants are not just animals; they are iconic figures, deeply intertwined with the nation’s spiritual heritage ...

Like the real thing, models are draped with a golden headdress and bedecked with flower garlands. A worker gives final touches to a model of a robotic elephant at a workshop in Thrissur, in India ...

Still, this elephant model is a lifesize and lifelike mechanical replica rolled out in India as an alternative ... a golden headdress and bedecked with flower garlands. Modelmakers say a luxury ...

Kumki elephants, specially trained to manage wild herds, will be deployed in regions where rogue elephants invade farmlands ...

Like the real thing, models are draped with a golden headdress and bedecked with flower ... Asian elephants in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund, the majority in India, with others ...

Like the real thing, models are draped with a golden headdress and bedecked with flower garlands ... to a model of a robotic elephant at a workshop in Thrissur, in India’s Kerala state.