Jumbo Welcome: 101 Artist designed elephants enter the City of Mumbai

#helpthehathi, Politicians, celebrities, artists and designers came together at the Gateway of India Mumbai, for a stunning display of 101 artistic elephants.

(From L- R) Ruth Ganesh, Trustee, Elephant Family; Smt. Maneka Gandhi, Hon’ble Minister of Women
and Child Development & Founder, People for Animals, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra and Smt. Poonam Mahajan, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and
Parade Ambassador.

To celebrate the launch of the first ever Elephant Parade, the elephants will be paraded across the city in a series of public art exhibitions and simultaneously be sold at an online auction on Paddle8, online auction partner, going live today.

(From L- R) Deepshikha Khanna, Aqdas Tatli, Vikram Goyal, Ruth Ganesh, Dr Sandeep Kr Tiwari,
Smt. Maneka Gandhi, Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Smt. Poonam Mahajan, Farah Siddiqui and Alan Gemmell OBE

Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra inaugurated the parade with Smt. Maneka Gandhi, Hon’ble Minister of Women and Child Development & Founder, People for Animals and Smt. Poonam Mahajan, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) and Parade Ambassador.

Installation view: 101 elephant sculptures at Gateway of India

The inauguration was attended by key supporters of Elephant Family including Natasha Poonawalla, Vikram Goyal and Beenu Bawa along with artists, designers and celebrities including Rohit Bal, Ashiesh Shah, Michelle Poonawalla, Aradhana Seth, Mozez Singh, Mehr Rampal, Dhruvi Acharya, Pranab Das, Jennifer Winget and Sehban Azim. Dr Sandeep Kr Tiwari, of the Wildlife Trust of India – Elephant Family’s biggest conservation partner and the organisation pioneering the 101-corridor solution for India’s elephants.