Deceased elephants at Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka


This database list 7 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♂ EM Nadungamuwa Raja 69Born: wild 1953 Dead:2022-03-07, Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Bahadur
2+ ♂ EM Eka Dantheya (Nilame) 69Born: Dead:2018-03-12, unknown
3+ ♂ EM Samanalaya 69Born: wild Dead:2007, disease infections after gunshot, collapsed after seven months of taming attempts2007-04-00
4+ ♂ EM Heiyantuduwa RajaBorn: wild ~1924 Dead:2002-11-06,
5+ ♂ EM Jaya RajaBorn: wild Dead:1994 (28 years after arrival), 1966-00-00 Mysore Zoo
6+ ♂ EM Maligawa RajaBorn: wild ~1913 Dead:1988-07-16 (51 years after arrival), disease "an illness"1937-07-31 Tikiri Bandara Mampitiya
7+ ♂ EM SkandaBorn: wild Dead:1986 (49 years after arrival), unknown 1937-07-31 Tikiri Bandara Mampitiya

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2024), available online retrieved 19 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1348 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-11-14 Nadungamuwa Raja:• http://www.dailymirror.lk/114073/Gangaramaya-Tuskers-were-privileged-to-have-carried-the-Dalada-Sacred-Casket
•  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadungamuwa_Raja
•  https://www.photoawards.com/winner/zoom.php?eid=8-132032-16
•  http://www.adaderana.lk/news/81029/ceremonial-tusker-nadungamuwa-raja-dies
2018-06-29 Jaya Raja:• Ceylon tuskers
2018-05-16 Maligawa Raja:• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(elephant)
2018-05-16 Skanda:• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(elephant)
2018-05-16 Heiyantuduwa Raja:• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heiyantuduwa_Raja_(elephant)
2018-03-16 Eka Dantheya (Nilame):• https://biodiversitysrilanka.org/2017/03/15/emple-of-the-tooth-tusker-dies/

Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth on elephant-news.com

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2022-04-01Majestic tuskers of sri dalada maligawa - Elephant News


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