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Story about an Elephant named Kandankoran

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  Story about an Elephant named Kandankoran  Adapted from the epic Malayalam book "AITHIHYAMALA by Kottarathil Sankunni  ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aithihyamala ) If you examine history of Kerala, you will come across with innumerable number of stories, of its great kings, warriors and their valor, great astrologers, great thinkers, great literary luminaries, magicians’ par excellent, famous temples and their origin, and added to this list is the stories of elephants. The history of any temple is incomplete, if the story of the elephants attached to the temple is not narrated. Thus, one can observe the history replete with so many stories, some stories true, some stories myths attached with the ruling family, and many ones concoction made by the coteries of the ruling families.  Here, I propose to narrate the story of an elephant named "Kandankoran" of Kidangoor, a village in Ettumanoor taluk of Kottayam district.                                          The story