--- description: In TIME’s photo of the day, the most colorful elephant in India celebrates wildlife week title: TIME's Photo of the Day: India's Most Colorful Elephant image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26b5fa8eba4bf755/6987a79a06f2c1ff0b336d16/x7ea44677147d47a58754a2a72e356f4c-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # India's Most Colorful Elephant by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2013 8:22 PM CUT  Oct. 4, 2013\. A decorated elephant stands at the Nandankanan Zoological park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India. Wildlife week is celebrated in India from October 2 to 8. Oct. 4, 2013\. A decorated elephant stands at the Nandankanan Zoological park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India. Wildlife week is celebrated in India from October 2 to 8.Biswaranjan Rout—AP by [TIME Photo Department](/author/time-photo-department/) ## TIME Photo Department Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2013 8:22 PM CUT  Oct. 4, 2013\. A decorated elephant stands at the Nandankanan Zoological park on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India. Wildlife week is celebrated in India from October 2 to 8. Biswaranjan Rout—AP ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3802963/indias-most-colorful-elephant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3802963/indias-most-colorful-elephant/"},"headline":"India's Most Colorful Elephant","datePublished":"2013-10-04T20:22:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:39.996Z","description":"In TIME’s photo of the day, the most colorful elephant in India celebrates wildlife week","url":"https://time.com/3802963/indias-most-colorful-elephant/","keywords":["LightBox","India","Elephant","Photo of the Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26b5fa8eba4bf755/6987a79a06f2c1ff0b336d16/x7ea44677147d47a58754a2a72e356f4c-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo Department","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo-department/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt26b5fa8eba4bf755/6987a79a06f2c1ff0b336d16/x7ea44677147d47a58754a2a72e356f4c-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"India Wildlife Week","caption":"India Wildlife Week","creditText":"Biswaranjan Rout—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3802963/indias-most-colorful-elephant/","name":"India's Most Colorful Elephant"}}]}] ```