October 11, 2018

Balarama's Story

A special cover on " Balarama's Story", a book on an Elephant was released on 10th October 2018 at Mysuru.

Elephants are a "mammoth" presence in India's mythology, folklore, culture religion, and the natural environment. The divinity in Elephants is worshipped in the form of the Elephant-headed God, Lord Ganesha. This gentle giant is now an endangered animal. Balarama's story is the biography on an Elephant that was uprooted from its natural home in the forest to later attain iconic status as a "Royal Elephant" in Mysuru Dasara festival. This special cover is issued on the ocassion of release on the book "Balaramas story" at Mysuru Dasara-2018.

Cover Code: KTK/70/2018

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