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  • Unusual Forms of Ganesha the Elephant Headed God in India 
    Rane-Kothare, A. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    The iconography of Ganesa the Elephant headed God has developed in different parts of India over a period of time. Especially in western and southern part of India we have a rich imagery of Ganesha. The Hindu, Jain and ...
  • The Use of Elephants for Logistics in India 
    Deshmukh, S.B. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Elephants played an essential and important role in ancient history for various purposes in wars, logistics, moving heavy loads and also worshipping, spirituals, entertainment, ivory, animal hunting. This article is ...
  • Using the Sculpture and Engravings of Asian Elephants as Souvenirs in Modern Tourism Industry 
    Premarathna, U.A.D. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    From the past the Asian elephant has taken an honorable place in Sri Lankan traditional sculpture and engraving arts among other animals as a result of their high imperial body type and intelligence. The cultural tourism ...
  • Vaprakrīḍā: A Playful Butting of Elephants 
    Prabhudesai, A. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    ‘Vaprakrīḍā’ is the word used in ancient Sanskrit literature for the playful butting of elephants against mounds. ‘Vaprakriyā’ or ‘Utkhātakeli’ are the other words used for the same act. Kalidāsa’s Raghuvaṁśam and Meghadūtam ...
  • The Way the Elephant's Image is used in Local and Foreign Cinema (Based on Somarathna Disanayaka's Film "Bindu" and M.A Thirumugam's Film "Hathi Mere Sathi") 
    Madusanka, N.M.A.N.; Wijayasinghe, U.L.D.A.M. (Centre for Asian Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016)
    Cinema can be considered as a medium of re-creation of motion. Not only the art but also the industry have inculcated in this medium of cinema. The film illuminates a certain kind of culture and it questions that culture ...

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