Bodidasa Vidane

From the list of elephant persons Family: Puncha

Bodidasa Vidane
Bodidasa Puncha
Banda Vidane and son Bodidasa. First elephant Layla. 1993.
Personal details
Country Germany
Locations
Title assistant elephant trainer 1971-1981
Location at American Circus in Italy
Biography details

Bodidasa Suwaneris Puncha , circus elephant trainer in Germany

Born 1958 in Germany , son of elephant trainer Banda Vidane and animal trainer Dagmar Puncha .

1971 his father Banda Vidane began training 25 elephants at Circo Americano with Bodidasa as his apprentice. There, father and son worked in two groups, with Bodidasa staying with a Group of 12 elephants in Italy, while Banda worked away from home, mostly at Circus Scott in Sweden or Circus Bouglione in France. Later, Bodidasa assisted his father with the elephants on Circus Krone in Germany.

Bodidasa VidaneFamily Puncha with elephant Leila at Circus Krone.

Bodidasa Vidane s ancestral Ahnentafel:
P I II III

Bodidasa Vidane
Born: 1958

Father:
Premadasa Puncha

Born: 1937

Paternal Grandfather:
Allewathegomme Pallegiddere Puncha

Born: 1890
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Elisabeth Puncha

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Dagmar Puncha

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). elephant trainer Bodidasa Suwaneris Puncha in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=171. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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