KOLLAM: Tusker Gopalakrishnan, which was killed in a road accident, was cremated on Friday evening in the presence of thousands of grief-stricken devotees and elephant-lovers. The poojaris and devotees of Asramam Sree Krishnaswamy Temple lit the pyre around 5.45 p.m. on the temple premises. It will take three days for the pyre to extinguish.