Two Kerala festival groups challenge court guidelines on elephant parades, citing cultural heritage concerns.

Two major participants in Kerala's Thrissur Pooram festival have challenged the Kerala High Court's guidelines on elephant parades in the Supreme Court. The guidelines mandate specific minimum distances between elephants and from the public, causing disruption to the festival's planning. The petitioners argue these rules jeopardize the festival's cultural heritage and seek to overturn the High Court's orders.

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