GUWAHATI: On the occasion of World Elephant Day, officials at Kaziranga National Park in Assam named their youngest elephant 'Pahari'.
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Pahari is the daughter of Kaziranga National Park's camp elephant 'Padmini'.
She was born on July 13, 2020, on the foothill of Karbi.
Announcing the news on Twitter Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve said:
PAHARI
— Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve (@kaziranga_) August 12, 2020
Our camp elephant “Padmini” gave birth to a girl baby on 13/7/2020. On this day #WorldElephantDay2020 , People of kaziranga (community leaders, NGOs, Media people) collectively agreed to name her as PAHARI.(born on foothill of Karbi)@ParimalSuklaba1 @moefcc pic.twitter.com/jnvrd82Hf7
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The Kaziranga National Park in Assam, which is home to thousands of animals, has over 1200 elephants.