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PETA is building robot elephants for Hindu temples

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Robot elephant named Raman was donated to a Kerala temple in 2023 by PETA India and actress Parvathy Thiruvothu .

The animatronic cost almost $6,000 to build and is part of a limited campaign to demonstrate how robot elephants can replace real ones.

Ceremonial elephants are especially popular in Kerala , home to a fifth of India 's 2,500 captive elephants.

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