Pious Pachyderms:The Thrissur Pooram Festival Elephant and Kerala are indivisibly related. Kerala must be the only place where a statue has been erected in the memory of an elephant, Guruvayoor Kesavan, who served the presiding deity of Guruvayoor for several decades. To add more an elephant race is conducted every year at Guruvayoor . https://www.boloji.com/articles/665/pious-pachydermsthe-thrissur-pooram-festival