Summary:
Coimbatore: Lakshmi, the elephant owned by the Irattai Tirupathi Temple in Srivaikuntam, Thoothukudi, was underweight when she arrived at the rejuvenation camp for temple elephants at Thekkampatti near Mettupalayam. This is the 10th such rejuvenation camp for temple elephants in the state since it was launched in November 2003 by late chief minister J Jayalalithaa. A total of 33 elephants that attended it feasted on fed palm shoots, coconut shoots, bamboo and corn stalks. While the camp was initially held in Theppakkad in Nilgiris, it was shifted to Thekkampatti in Mettupalayam in 2013. The camp was not held from 2066 to 2011..