India, Oct. 5 -- Paying tribute to late singer Zubeen Garg, the authorities of Assam's Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve have named a newly born elephant calf Mayabini, after one of Zubeen's most popular songs.

Kaziranga National Park's director Sonali Ghosh said that after the calf was born on Saturday, state's environment and forests minister Chandra Mohan Patowary decided to name it Mayabini.

Zubeen died on September 19 in Singapore, just a day before he was scheduled to perform at NEIF on September 20 - an event aimed at promoting the cultural richness of Northeast India.

"This is our way of paying tribute to the late singer, who was a great animal lover and a strong advocate for environmental causes. The minister named the...