{"id":779,"date":"2011-08-19T07:41:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T06:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsoon-meandering.winchcombe.org\/?p=779"},"modified":"2011-08-29T08:04:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T07:04:30","slug":"amy-lakshmi-the-elephant-having-a-wash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsoon-meandering.winchcombe.org\/index.php\/posts\/779\/amy-lakshmi-the-elephant-having-a-wash","title":{"rendered":"Amy: Lakshmi the Elephant Having A Wash"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lakshmi

Lakshmi the Elephant Having A Wash<\/p><\/div>\n

This morning we had a great experience: we went to the bathing ghats to watch Lakshmi the Elephant from the nearby temple have a wash and a good scrub.<\/p>\n

At 7am I got woken up by the sound of Daddy’s voice, he was saying to get clothes on quickly so we could go and watch the Elephant have a bath and it possibly started at 7:30a.m. but we didn’t know, in fact no-one knew.<\/p>\n

We walked to the river to wait for the event to start but we didn’t even have a clue where. So we didn’t know what time it was, or where it would be, but we knew it would happen somewhere, somewhen.<\/p>\n

Eventually we found where it was due to happen but we still had an hour to wait, I could have had so much more sleep!<\/p>\n

Someone told us that Lakshmi was coming out of the temple soon so we went to investigate and found Lakshmi. He – or was it a she? – was colossal and towered above me. At first I was scared to touch him in case he stepped on me but gradually I overcame my fear and followed Emilia’s lead.<\/p>\n

Lakshmi moved off towards the ghats – which are steps that leading down to the river and below the waterline and people wash there – and walked down the ghats to the river below. <\/p>\n

\n\"Lakshmi
\nLakshmi walking down to the river
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\n\"Lakshmi
\nLakshmi being washed
\n
\n\"The
\nThe Mahout gets to work\n<\/p>\n

He then laid down as his Mahout – the name of an elephant keeper – directed him. His Mahout and a helper then scrubbed and scrubbed Lakshmi, giving him a bath that he enjoyed tremendously.<\/p>\n

\n\"A
\nA clean Lakshmi<\/p>\n

Here’s a video:
\nhttpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pf24ZMD5K1Y<\/p>\n<\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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