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EMBLEM OF KERALA The state emblem of Kerala is derived from the traditional Travancore state emblem, the conch-shell Sri Padmanhnabha Shanka is surrounded by a garland. The two elephants guarding the state and national insignias and is a derivative of Royal Coat of Arms of Kingdom of Travancore. The elephant denotes the supremacy and power and the state has the largest number of captivated elephants. The central part of the emblem carries Sree Padmanabha's Shankhu. The Shanku was one of the most iconic emblems found throughout Kerala's history and was the official insignia of Sree Ananthapadmanabha Swamy- the National deity and emperor of Erstwhile Travancore over which India's national emblem is found. Kerala government has made changes in its official emblem by repositioning the inspriction 'Sathyameva Jayate' in Devanagari script under the Lion Capital which comes in between to saluting tuskers. The committee constituted by the Government of Kerala made t

SHANKA Shanka in Sanskrit, the conch shell has survived as the original trumpet since time immemorial. It is also an Buddhist ‘Ashtamangala’ symbol. Ancient Indian epics describe how each hero of mythical warfare carried a mighty white conch shell. It is one of the main emblems of Vishnu and his conch called ‘Panchajanya', meaning 'having control over the five classes of beings. Arjuna's mighty conch was known as Devadatta. It is an emblem of power, authority and sovereignty whose blast is believed to banish evil spirits, avert natural disasters and scare away poisonous creatures. The conch is used in Buddhism to call religious assemblies and rituals. Ancient Indian belief the thicker-shelled bulbous one is thought to be the male ‘purusha’ and the thin-shelled slender conch to be the female ‘shankhini’. The smooth white conch represents the brahmin, the red the kshatriyas, the yellow the vaishyas and the grey conch the shudras. Conch shells are also divided on the ba