Howdah

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Ceremonial saddles (Howdas) at the Surin elephant festival in Surin city, Thailand. Photo: Dan Koehl, 2011

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Records about Howdah from the Gajah Glossary at https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf Howdah (Urdu): [see also: chat-jatma] (Chadwick 1992: 383; Shand 1992:25; Sukumar 1,994:169; Cannon & Davis 1995:172; Lahiri-Choudhury 1999:456) Riding chairs, for two or more, often with a canopy, used on domesticated elephants, primarily in Asia; used mostly for Hunting. A box-like stucture tied on an elephants back to carry people.

M. Philip Kahl and Charles Santiapillai, Gajah Elephant Glossary, Gajah nr 23 (2004), Journal for Asian Elephant Specialist Group

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No country match the word Howdah in the database.

4 locations holdings in the elephant database match the word Howdah.

Barnett Brothers Circus (Wallace Brothers Circus), circus in York, South Carolina
Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus, circus in Hamburg
Mathigodu elephant Camp, camp in Thithimathi
Mysore Zoo, zoo in Mysore

6 elephants in the elephant database match the word Howdah

EM-M Abhimanyu born 1964? arrived at Mathigodu elephant Camp in India, from Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole), in India.
EM-M Arjuna born 1961 arrived at Balle Elephant Camp in India, from Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole), in India.
EM-M Balarama born 1956? arrived at Mathigodu elephant Camp in India, from Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole), in India.
EM-M Biligiriranga born 1911 arrived at Mysore Palace Temple in India, from Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Bahadur, in India.
EM-M Chamundi Prasad born arrived at Mysore Palace Temple in India
EM-M Prince born arrived at Dublin Zoo in Ireland, from Sandringham Zoo, in United Kingdom.

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2023). Howdah. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=104. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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