Electric elephants, digital donations and live-stream prayers: Faith goes high-tech in India

By The Straits Times | Created at 2024-11-22 21:25:57 | Updated at 2024-11-23 02:19:14 5 hours ago
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Nov 23, 2024, 05:00 AM

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Nov 23, 2024, 05:00 AM

BENGALURU - It was a sight that could have caused a mammoth accident. Amid the cars, lorries and motorbikes in Bengaluru city was a mini-lorry with an adult-size elephant, its trunk swaying with the road’s curves.

It was only after the signal turned green that many of the people driving around the mini-lorry in September noticed the elephant’s glassy, unblinking eyes. This pachyderm was a robot. 

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