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A three-member committee has to issue a fitness certificates for the elephant 12 hours prior to the start of the festival.
However, elephant owners have come out in protest of the circular. They also said if the order is not withdrawn, they won't release elephants for the festival.
The district authority has invoked prohibitory orders in four wards of Kottappady panchayat for the next 24 hours.
The elephant was crossing the railway track on its way back to the forest after drinking water from a nearby residential area.
Unlike the past four years, where Vishu celebrations were subdued due to the COVID-19 pandemic or coincided with Ramadan fasting, the Malayali expatriates are now wholeheartedly embracing the festivities.
Efforts are underway to rescue the elephant from the shallow, square-shaped well.
According to local residents, the elephant still remains in the vicinity of the forest fringe, frequently encroaching upon human settlements during the night.
Forest officials have shifted him to the District Hospital for treatment. His hamlet Mottayam Kochi, on the fringes of the forest, is gripped in fear after the attack.
Kottayam has the most number of candidates at 14 while Alathur has the least at five.
There are some distinctive features to the rituals of the Mangaladevi temple.