page_title: Konni, Kerala
section_title: Elephant Training Center
hierarchical_section_title: Konni, Kerala / Elephant Training Center
caption_attribution_description: English: This details board is displayed at the Konni Elephant Cage. The board describes the historical details of the Cage.
context_page_description: Konni is a major town and a Taluk headquarters in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. Konni is known for its elephant cages, forests, and rubber plantations. Konni is also known as "Anakoodinte Nadu".
context_section_description: Konni has a major elephant training centre, located 11 km from Pathanamthitta. The prime attraction here are the huge cages of wood built to house elephants. These cages are locally known as Aanakoodu and can accommodate 3 to 4 elephants at a time.
  The trainers here train the baby elephants which get separated from their herd, or are found wounded or roaming in the forest. Experienced trainers using their systematic training methods, tame the baby elephants. Visitors can get a close look at these elephants and can observe and understand a lot about their behaviour, especially that of baby elephants, which are often endearingly mischievous.
  Konni is known for the elephant training centre since ancient times. The elephants were captured from the dense forests of the western ghats/Sahyadri and brought to the elephant training cage at Konni.
  There these wild elephants are tamed and trained by mahouts specialized as elephant trainers. These trainers take the help of other tamed elephants.
  The tamed elephants which render help to the trainers of the wild ones are:
  Konniyil Kochchayyappan,
  Ranji Padmanabhan,
  Balakrishnan,
  Soman,
  Venu,
  Rameshan, and
  Mani.
  Monday is a holiday for the training centre.
caption: Konni Elephant Cage details board on display
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