KATHMANDU: Players from various organisations participated in the Elephant Football Game, during the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauraha, a tourism hub in Chitwan district of central Nepal, on Tuesday.
The five-day festival was organised by the Regional Hotel Association of Sauraha to promote tourism and raise awareness about wildlife protection.
Here are some of the glimpses of the event captured by our lensman Balkrishna Thapa:
A herd of elephants take their meals as visitors observe them during the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauraha of Chitwan district, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
Elephants enjoy delicacies during the 13th Elephant Festival being organised in Sauraha of Chitwan district, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
The sunset is pictured with birds flying in the sky from Sauraha of Chitwan district, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
An elephant gets a bath from his mahout in Rapti River before participating on the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauhara of Chitwan, on Tuesday, December 27, 2017. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
A flock of birds fly over Sauraha sky, in Chitwan, on Tuesday, December 2016, 2016. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
An elephant gets a bath from his mahout in Rapti River before participating on the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauhara of Chitwan, on Tuesday, December 27, 2017. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
Elephants play football during the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauraha, Chiwan, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
An elephant sprinkles water with its trunk after getting a bath from his mahout in Rapti River before participating on the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauhara of Chitwan, on Tuesday, December 27, 2017. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa
Visitors during the 13th Elephant Festival in Sauraha of Chitwan, on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. Photo: Balkrishna Thapa