Sarath Parippally

1: Chirakkal Kalidasan (mahout) 2: Kulamakkil Kuttikrishnan (mahout) 3: Evoor Kannan (mahout to 2023)

He was barely 11 when he began tending to jumbos. “I started to attend on the jumbo Kulamakkil Kuttikrishnan during school break. Later, I chose to become a mahout on growing up. Im the first person in my family to take up this profession. Curiosity and passion for jumbos gave me the inspiration.”

“I hardly do anything to keep my fan base intact on social media. But I used to post the photos of elephant Chirakkal Kalidasan, whom I attend, on my social media page