Valli
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Skanda Vale Temple in United Kingdom

Biography
♀ Valli

Identification

EEP nr8010

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 44 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1980 wild
Birth place: in Sri Lanka unspecified location
Imported:1981
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Skanda Vale Temple, in United Kingdom

Date of arrival

1981-11-11Skanda Vale Temple
from Pinnawala elephant orphanage

Record history
History of updates2023-02-06

Latest document update2023-02-06 17:44:08
Google map
Random literature
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases,

Biography


Valli is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Skanda Vale Temple, in United Kingdom.

Valli arrived in 1981-11-11 to the Skanda Vale Temple, relocated from the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.


Social

Valli lives together with 2 other elephants at the Skanda Vale Temple:

detailed list with arrival dates etc. of the other elephants
  1. Kamala (Camilla, Kamella) born 1966
  2. Lakshmi born 1966


Origin

Valli was born wild 1980 at Sri Lanka unspecified location. and imported 1981


Comments / pictures

In 1981, President Jayawardena of Sri Lanka presented Skanda Vale temple with a baby elephant in appreciation of the help he was giving to Sri Lankans in Britain through the establishment of the multi-faith Temple.


She was born in the wild but orphaned as a baby. People found her being sheltered by a Herd of water buffalo, who are usually sworn enemies of elephants! Those water buffalo took her in and looked after her, until she was taken by people to a very famous elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka.

She lived there for a little while, before the Sri Lankan President of the time decided to give her as a gift to Guru Sri Subramanium, the founder of Skanda Vale. So she came to Skanda Vale, and arrived as a little elephant in 1980. Since then, she has been cared for by the Community alongside so many other animals.

Skanda Vale website


Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Valli, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Skanda Vale Temple in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2708. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

Links

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Search more on the web for Valli

(The name Valli is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results)


Categories1980 births | Born in Sri Lanka | EEP | 1981 imports | Elephants from Skanda Vale Temple | United Kingdom | Asian elephants


About this documentThis document was updated: 2023-02-06 17:44:08 with valid HTML5 Valid CSS


Elephant Encyclopedia and database
ELEPHANT
ENCYCLOPEDIA

Established 1995
ELEPHANT
DATABASE
Established 2006
Your ip: 44.213.80.174
Kulen Elephant Forest