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The elephant looks bothered at being tethered. She pulls her leg which has been tried to a stake, shakes off the hay on her back and tries to use leverage from the stake in front of her. She pulls her legs to reach out to a group of young girls, in a friendly manner. She just wants to play - not only to feed! Little girls try to feed an elephant at Sonepur Mela in Bihar, India. The Sonepur Cattle Fair or Malegaon Mela is held on Kartik Poornima (the full moon day) in the month of November in Sonepur, Bihar, on the confluence of river Ganges and Gandak. It is also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela and it attracts visitors from all over Asia. Till date, it is the biggest cattle fair of Asia and stretches on from fifteen days to one month. It has its origins during ancient times. This is when Cha
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