15 baby elephants born at Sri Lanka's biggest elephant orphanage were christened in a mass service today.

The event, which is the biggest so far held at the Pinnawala orphanage saw the baby elephants being given names chosen from thousands of visitors suggestions.

Some were given western sounding names such as Elvina, whilst others now carry more traditional Sinhalese names such as Singithi, which means small and Ahinsa (innocent).

Pinnawala director Nihal Senaratne said: 'An astrologer looked at the time of birth of each elephant. He then decided on the first letter of each baby's name according to its horoscope.

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