Elefantasy

Plot no.77 Opposite Jain temple near Neelam Cinema,Amer, Jaipur 302028, India Phone: +919887488777 http://www.elefantasy.org/

About

Amer was the official capital of Rajasthan before Jaipur. Amer was founded in 1037 A.D. At that time the royal family called for 10 elephants from other regions of India and equal number of elephant riders and care takers were called, they were named as "MAHAWAT" and assigned them a special habitat where both Mahawats and Elephants can live together. The main purpose behind having this was Elephants were(and still) considered as an elite species and were used by the king for the procession in which the king's men followed by ministers on horses followed by King on Elephant, elephant being considered as the status symbol.