A Tusker gets blessed in Church
One usually associates Elephant with a temple but in a rare happening, a 20-year-old tusker got “blessed” at a church in Kerala.
The elephant belongs to cousin of veteran Kerala politician and seven-time legislator P.C. George, who is a member of this church, and the blessing took place on Thursday. The elephant’s name is Mahadevan and is around 20 years old. George said the blessing will not mean changing the elephant’s name, which is a Hindu one.
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“Please don’t misunderstand that since Mahadevan got blessed, his name is going to be changed. He will not have a Christian name,” said George reported The Hindu.
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Fr Thomas Vedikunnel, the parish vicar of the famed St George Foronah Catholic Church at Aruvithura, however tried to play down the whole episode. “Yes, an elephant got blessed. It was done by a junior priest attached to this church. Is this news?,” asked the parish vicar. He said to use the word baptised is wrong and the correct word is “blessed”.
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