Kottayam:
The bond involving animals and their human companions is a one of a kind one. We have generally heard inspiring stories of man-animal relationships and thanks to the Internet, we are now familiar with such stories from unique components of the world. A moving instance of this came to the fore not too long ago in the type of a video from Kerala’s Kottayam district. The clip features an elephant bidding farewell to his late mahout. The video moved social media users and quickly went viral across various platforms.
In the video, we can see the elephant walking down a lane to the front yard of the property to see his mahout’s body just before he is taken for his last rites. The elephant, identified as Pallattu Brahmadathan, stands in front of the verandah and raises his trunk twice just before the body of his mahout, Kunnakkad Damodaran Nair, fondly named Omanachettan by the persons of the location.
After the elephant raises his trunk for the second time, a man from the property actions out to pat him just before resting his head on Brahmadathan’s tusk. The man was identified as Rajesh, Mr. Nair’s son. The sight moves persons gathered at the property to tears. After a handful of moments, Brahmadathan retreats but not just before paying one last salute to his mahout by raising his trunk.
The video was shared on Facebook on Thursday by a user who wrote, “This is what happened when elephant Brahmadantan came to pay his respects to his mahout, Omanachettan, who passed away today.” The video has been viewed more than 7.96 lakh occasions in much less than 24 hours. It has also garnered more than 24,000 ‘reactions’ and more than 10,000 ‘comments’.
The comments section was filled with social media customers paying respect to the late mahout and celebrating the relationship involving him and his beloved elephant.
The video was also shared on Twitter by Indian Forest Service officer, Parveen Kaswan, who stated he received the video on WhatsApp. He wrote, “Touching. Elephant paying last respect to his mahout.” On the microblogging web-site, the video received more than 10,600 views inside a handful of hours.
Touching. Elephant paying last respect to his Mahout. WA forward. pic.twitter.com/lZjBRyEdpO
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) June 4, 2021
Reacting to the video, one user stated, “Touching. This elephant lost his best friend and a family member.. and it could be felt through his emotion…”
Touching..
This elephant lost his finest pal and a family member.. and it could be felt by means of his emotion..Though, in the wild elephants stay away from any dead animals(or humans) ..
— Punam Kerketta (@kerketta_punam) June 4, 2021
Another user stated, “Unlike we humans, this shows how loyal an animal stays for their owners till their last breath…”
Unlike we humans, this shows how loyal an animal stays for their owners till their last breath. Salute to this loyalty. Very touching, certainly!????
— Anand Padhee (@PadheeAnand) June 4, 2021
“Affection towards his caretaker is evident from the body language. Video went viral in Kerala. Elephant’s name is Brahmadathan,” one user confirmed.
Affection towards his caretaker is evident from the body language. Video went viral in Kerala. Elephant’s name is Brahmadathan.❤️????❤️ @ParveenKaswan Thank You for sharing. https://t.co/q5bgHI3U1I
— Sunil Nair (@Straight_Spine) June 4, 2021
Another user termed the relationship involving them to be “harmonious”.
What a harmonious relationship involving two components of nature.. https://t.co/6WhMYokU5v
— Rutvij Parekh (@21st_Guns) June 4, 2021
Tell us what you feel of this heartwarming video.