Myan Kumara
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple in Sri Lanka

Biography
♂ Myan Kumara
Bellanwila Wimalaratana, chief Buddhist monk of the Bellanwila temple blesses the temple
Bellanwila Wimalaratana, chief Buddhist monk of the Bellanwila temple blesses the temple's elephant at during a ceremony as part of the Sinhala, Hindu and Tamil new year celebrations in April 2016.
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Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Management:Free contact

People killed:1: senior Buddhist monk Bellanwila Wimalarathana Thero, 77, February 2018
Origin
Born:* unknown
Birth place:
Imported:2013 by Unknown
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple, in Sri Lanka

Date of arrival

2013-00-00Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple
from Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE)

Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE)
from Myanmar unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2018-05-17

Latest document update2021-09-17 10:47:31
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Biography


Myan Kumara is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple, in Sri Lanka.

Myan Kumara arrived in 2013-00-00 to the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple, relocated from the Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE), in Myanmar.


Social

Myan Kumara lives together with 1 other elephants at the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. unknown


Origin

Myan Kumara was born unknown . and imported 2013 by Unknown


Comments / pictures

2018: The Buddhist monk Wimalarathana Thera approached the elephant one day when the Mahout was on leave, beleiving they were "sharing a special bond". The elephant, in the absense of the Mahout attacked the man, who suffered multiple injuries, with severe blunt trauma to chest with lung leceration and a significant flail segment (free moving chest wall segment due to dual fracture in five consecutive ribs) and badly fractured right upper limb bone. A decision was taken to operate, repair the lung injuries and fix the most required unstable fractured ribs. Unfortunately, the priest succumbed to a myocardial infarction (heart attack) two hours after operation, and died.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Myan Kumara, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple in Sri Lanka. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11269. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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