Gajendra literally means the Lord of the Elephants. He was a devotee of Vishnu and would worship him every day. One day he goes to this pool to take his bass and there's a big crocodile there, which comes and catches hold of his leg. And he can't get out of it. All the other elephants, his family, they come to the shores but they are afraid to get into it. They watch in worry and fear, mounting fear when the great their leader, the Gajendra, the great elephant, he can't escape. But with his last strength he plucks one lotus and he offers it to Vishnu who appears in the