Ram pyari -- zoo jumbo -- caught in kheda operations -- apprenticed to eldest zoo elephant putli bai-- taught elephant ways -- trumpeting contest at temple festival
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Ram pyari was a zoo jumbo( an elephant) who was caught months back in a kheda operation( methods used to trap elephants). One of her legs got injured and she was unable to walk.
She was brought for first aid and then gradually started healing. After her recovery, she was apprenticed to the eldest elephant of the zoo, Putli bai. Ram pyari was trained well and taught various elephant ways and after her training period got over, she was sent for a trumpeting contest at the temple festival.
She was nervous but nothing less in front of other trained elephants. She performed her best and eventually became the winner of the contest inspite of being the youngest of the lot.
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Ram Pyari, a 70 kg flabby baby elephant with a frisky tail and inquisitive trunk, was caught in the kheda operations. Too young to be a working elephant, Ram Pyari, was housed in a zoo under the care of elephant aunt, Putli Bai.
The elephant elder soon realized that Ram Pyari lacked training. She taught her how to hold up her little trunk in salaam, and how to trumpet tunefully.
Ram Pyari would show off her trumpeting and trunk salute to visiting school children. They would clap back. When the temple festival was ongoing next door, Ram Pyari thought it was the right time to show off her trumpeting skills. As soon as the nagaswaram players sounded the ritual notes, Ram Pyari sent off a loud trumpet, drowning the musical sound. The temple priests were furious and wanted to put a curse on the elephant.
Just then Putli Bai came to their rescue. She wrapped her trunk around Ram Pyari’s legs and pushing her into a corner stood guard over her, refusing to allow the keeper to feed her.
Poor Ram Pyari never repeated the mistake of teasing a human being again.
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