Heroes in the STABLE

Heroes in the "Stable"

Stable consists of ten horses where every horse is considered as the hero. The amount spent on them  is about 3,700 rupees a day. Each hero has a name.

Chennai, Chepauk, Aug,2016: Each person has a hero in his life and it may be from an influence or guidance but here in Chepauk a man considers his ten horses as the heroes of his life. Interestingly he spends nearly three thousand seven hundred rupees on them for a day.

This man named P.Siva, is making his living with these ten horses from twenty two years. The horses are rented for the wedding or the other cultural occasions. He earns about five thousand for weddings and more than seven thousand depending on the occasions.

He says,"My horses are the heroes of my life, because am able to make my living out of their cooperation and work. So i take care of them as my own children. People are appointed to groom them every day including cleaning their stools."said the owner.

Five to six people work in the stable to take of the horses and their grooming. They clean the horses every day and feed them thrice a day. The diet of the horses include bran, millet and grass. Water is provided three to four times a day.

One of the horses named Armstrong stand as the center of  attraction. He wore a red colored thick fabric cloth to cover his body from flies as he is very sensitive. He dances and is the most wanted and likable by many people. The others are Lakshmi a female, Kuttipuli, Bheema, Chitti, Kabali, Raju, etc.

Even the workers treat the horses like one. They say,"we don't hurt them, they listen and obey us. some of them dance well. we are the ones who take them to the occasions so we treat them as our own children as they are the main reason for our living."