Pari
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Varagaliar elephant camp in India

♂ Pari
Alternative name:	Paari

Identification

Local id Number	1
Tamil Nadu database	42

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ about 43 years old (approximate age)
Status:	kumki
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* ~1980 wild
Birth place:
Capture:	1988-08-13 Kavalur, Tamil Nadu, India
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Varagaliar elephant camp, in India

Date of arrival

2018-04-00	Varagaliar elephant camp from Chadivayal elephant camp (Sadivayal)

2012-07-01	Chadivayal elephant camp (Sadivayal) from Guindy Zoo (Deer Park and Childrens Park)

	Guindy Zoo (Deer Park and Childrens Park) from Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)

Record history
History of updates	2018-05-03: transferred, tm nr, origin

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Pari is a living kumki Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Varagaliar elephant camp, in India.

Pari arrived in 2018-04-00 to the Varagaliar elephant camp, relocated from the Chadivayal elephant camp (Sadivayal), in India.

Pari lives together with 6 other elephants at the Varagaliar elephant camp:

♀ Arisi Raja
♂ Chinnathambi
♂ unknown born <2000
♀ unknown
♀ unknown
♂ Urigam born 2009

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Origin

Pari was born wild ~1980, captured 1988-08-13 , captured at Kavalur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Comments / pictures

Origin from Kavalur, Tamil Nadu, India.

2012: Mahout and cavadi: Vijayan and Kumar.

2018-04-04: A few days ago, the department had shifted Kumki Pari, 35, from the Chadivayal Elephant Camp to the Varakaliyar Elephant Camp in Topslip.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Pari, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Varagaliar elephant camp in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=12789. (archived at the Wayback machine)