‘Decision to Remove 500-100 Notes from Circulation’ However, the details of the announcement by PM Modi mysteriously match with the information mentioned in the Gujarati article.Ī Loose translation of the report is summarised below: We had no access to any inside information whatsoever.” That’s why we wrote so in the spoof report. This solution seems pretty obvious when one thinks about the possible ways to deal with the black money in the country. When asked about the uncanny similarities between the spoof report and the actual decision to scrap the said currency, he said, “People have been discussing and suggesting this move as a solution since quite a long time. Coincidentally, it turned out to be true this year.” Many newspapers from Saurashtra follow the tradition of printing a spoof news report on April 1 and we do it every year. in the month of May, according to the news reports.Ĭlarifying on the image of the report that has left many befuddled, Kirit Ganatra, managing editor, Akila Press told SabrangIndia, “The story was printed as a joke on April 1, since it was the April Fools' day. This news dates back to a month before Modi government had even conceived the plan, which is said to have happened around six months ago, i.e. The clipping from a Saurashtra-based Gujarati newspaper Akila dated April 1 declares that the government has taken a decision to remove the 500-Rupee and 1,000-rupee notes from circulation. In the midst of the hubbub surrounding the secrecy of PM Modi’s plan to eliminate the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, an image of a clipping from a Gujarati newspaper doing rounds on WhatsApp and Social Media is leaving readers perplexed. The Tiruvanaikoil temple is situated on 19.5 acres and is a ‘pancha bootha sthalam’ representing one of the five elements - water.The Managing Editor of Akila newspaper says it was a an April Fool’s Story but on November 8 Akila had Got it exactly right The elephant, born in May 2002 in Assam, was brought to the Tiruvanaikoil temple in December 2011 after the demise of its predecessor Shanthi.
During the lockdown, 100 coconut tree saplings, 100 mango tree saplings and some jackfruit tree saplings were planted in the Nachiarthoppu so that there will be greenery around the pond.Īkila is used to be taken for a morning walk daily on the newly created mud track inside the Nachiarthoppu.
Earlier it used to be given a bath using a shower system near its shelter.Ī borewell has been sunk to fill the pond with groundwater which will be pumped out and used for the temple garden after the bath, Mr. There is a ramp for the elephant to get inside the pond.įrom now on, Akila, the darling of devotees, will have its daily bath in the pond, created with substantial contributions from donors, Mr. The six-foot-deep pond is spacious so that the elephant can move about freely and relax itself in the pool of water, said the temple’s executive officer C. It was brought by its mahout and his assistant for the bath. Splashing water on itself with its trunk and moving about freely and sometimes lying in the pool of water to beat the heat, 19-year-old Akila - the elephant of Sri Jambukeswarar Akilandeswari Temple at Tiruvanaikoil here thoroughly enjoyed its bath in the pond built exclusively for the pachyderm on the huge temple complex.Īkila was in a joyous mood on Thursday afternoon during the nearly hour-long bath it had in the pond set up on the 1.5 acre Nachiarthoppu which is in close proximity to the elephant’s shelter.
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