From stray to legend: Kerala village immortalises Eldho the beloved dog with statue
In Kozhivettumveli, Eroor, residents are making headlines for honouring a stray — by giving him a statue. His name was Eldho.
Sanakan K V, an autorickshaw driver at the local stand, recalls the day Eldho padded into their lives 14 years ago. 'He wasn't well. There was a burn scar on his left flank. We found out later he'd been picked up elsewhere under the ABC programme, sterilised, and released here,' he says. From day one, the dog's liquid brown eyes and gentle manners won over the neighbourhood.
Once he claimed a spot at the autorickshaw stand, Eldho stopped being 'just' a stray and became family to every home in the ward. His name, too, had a spark of local humour.
'Remember the dialogue from the film Mannar Mathai Speaking where Harisree Ashokan shouts, 'Eda Eldho… Ninne Cinemayil Eduthu!'? That's how we started calling him Eda Eldho — and it stuck,' says Sanakan.
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