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more-inIt’s that time of the year when domesticated elephants will get a month-long rejuvenation therapy to regain their health, following a season of hectic activity. Elephants usually reciprocated in a manner they were treated, he said. Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran formally launched the Ayurveda therapy, usually undertaken during the Malayalam month of Karkidakom, on the temple premises. The elephants in musth are excluded from the therapy. The animals would be fed a medicated mixture prepared using rice, green gram, onion, horse gram, ragi, palm jaggery, chyavanaprasam, and ashtachoornam..