Ganapati
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rajarajeshwara Temple in India

Biography
♂ Ganapati

Identification

Kerala database nr?
Karnataka database+161? (N/A)

Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Dentition
Incisivestusker
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place: in Asia unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Rajarajeshwara Temple, in India

Date of arrival

Rajarajeshwara Temple
from Karnataka unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2020-10-30

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography


Ganapati is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Rajarajeshwara Temple, in India.

Ganapati arrived to the Rajarajeshwara Temple unknown date, relocated from the Karnataka unspecified location, in India.

In Rajarajeshwara Temple, Ganapati lives as single living elephant at this location



Origin

Ganapati was born wild at Asia unspecified location.


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Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa is said to have purchased the nine-year-old tusker, Ganapati, which he gifted away to a Kerala temple on Thursday, at a whopping Rs 30 lakh from a trader in Tirunelli of Wayanad district...The chief minister's gifting of the Adolescent Tusker to the Rajarajeshwara temple in Kannur district, has angered wildlife lovers in Kerala as well as Karnataka...The Rajarajeshwara temple already houses Sivasundaram, a 20-year-old Tusker gifted by a Coimbatore-based businessman in 2000.

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Ganapati, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Rajarajeshwara Temple in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11255. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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