Anuradhika
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pinnawala elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka

Location

Anuradhika is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, in Sri Lanka.

Anuradhika arrived in 1993-11-15 to the Pinnawala elephant orphanage, Anuradhika lives together with 71 other elephants at the Pinnawala elephant orphanage:

1. 2. ♀ Amali born 1994-04-16
2. 3. ♀ Anusha born 1949
3. 4. ♂ Asela born 2007?
4. 5. ♀ Ashokamala born 1998-08-07
5. 6. ♀ Bharathi born 2007
6. 7. ⚪ Binuki born 2011
7. 8. ♂ Buwaneka born 1999-12-07
8. 9. ♂ Charaka born 2006-00-00
9. 10. ♀ Dinuda born 2009-05-24
10. 11. ⚪ Diula
11. 12. ⚪ Elvina born 2011
12. 13. ♂ Haritha
13. 14. ♂ Isira born 2011
14. 15. ♂ Jadura born 1966?
15. 16. ♂ Jayathu
16. 17. ♂ Kadol born 2011
17. 18. ♀ Kamani
18. 19. ♂ Kanaka born 2009-05-24
19. 20. ♂ Kandula III (Bibile)
20. 21. ♀ Kiriya III (Kira)
21. 22. ♀ Komali (Komalee) born 1971
22. 23. ♂ Kora Aliya
23. 24. ♀ Kumari born 1965
24. 25. ♂ Mahasen born 2004-11-26
25. 26. ♀ Mahaweli (Mahavali) born 1981
26. 27. ♀ Mathali (Mathalee) born 1970
27. 28. ♀ Mayuri born 1983
28. 29. ♂ Meega
29. 30. ♀ Meena
30. 31. ♀ Menika born 1989-08-14
31. 32. ♀ Menika II
32. 33. ♀ Mihiri born 2005
33. 34. ♀ Nandi born 2011
34. 35. ♂ Nandimithra born 1995-09-27
35. 36. ♂ Neela born 1964
36. 37. ♀ Nikini II
37. 38. ♀ Ninja born 1985
38. 39. ♀ Noni
39. 40. ♀ Pali born 2003
40. 41. ♂ Pandu born 2005-08-00
41. 42. ♀ Punchi
42. 43. ♀ Ramiya
43. 44. ♀ Randivi
44. 45. ♂ Rangiri born 1989-08-16
45. 46. ♀ Rejina born 1982
46. 47. ♀ Sama
47. 48. ♀ Sama I born 1987-12-18
48. 49. ♂ Sampath (Sumpath) born 1952
49. 50. ♀ Sandalee (Sandali)
50. 51. ♀ Sapumali born 1997
51. 52. ♀ Shanthi
52. 53. ♀ Shermi
53. 54. ♀ Sukumali born 1984-07-05
54. 55. ♀ Surangie
55. 56. ♂ Suranimala
56. 57. ♀ Thammenna
57. 58. ♀ Thilaka
58. 59. ⚪ Thilamalai
59. 60. ⚪ unknown born 2011
60. 61. ⚪ unknown born 2010
61. 62. ⚪ unknown born 2011
62. 63. ⚪ unknown
63. 64. ⚪ unknown born 2011
64. 65. ⚪ unknown born 2011
65. 66. ⚪ unnamed born 2021-09-11
66. 67. ♂ Unnamed born 2011-07-16
67. 68. ⚪ Unnamed born 2011-02-17
68. 69. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
69. 70. ♂ unnamed (twin) born 2021-08-31
70. 71. ♀ Uthpala born 1999-08-06
71. 72. ♂ Wasamba born 1999-02-09

Offspring

1. (M) 2006-00-00 Charaka

Origin

Anuradhika was born captive-born 1993-11-15 at Pinnawala elephant orphanage.

Parentage

Siblings through the father Neela:

1. 1989-08-14(F) Menika
2. 1994-04-10(M) Aruna
3. 1995-09-27(M) Nandimithra
4. 1995-10-27(M) Isuru
5. 1997-02-07(M) Arjuna (Kandula VI)
6. 1998-01-29(M) Salia (Saliya)
7. 1998-08-07(F) Ashokamala
8. 1999-02-09(M) Wasamba
9. 1999-08-06(F) Uthpala
10. 2000-06-04(M) Pinnawala
11. 2001-06-23(M) Migara
12. 2001-10-11(F) Anula (Anura)
13. 2003(F) Pali
14. 2007(F) Bharathi

Siblings through the mother Anuradha:

1. 1999-02-09(M) Wasamba
2. 2007?(M) Asela

Pedigree

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Sanjaya Kumara Ratnayake, assistant curator, Pinnawala elephant orphanage.
  
• Geburt und Jugendendwicklung von Asiatischen Elefanten -Beoabachtungen aus der Pinnawela Elephant Sanctuary von Sri Lanka, Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos, nr 2 1999, by Fred Kurt, Birgit Dastig, Sandra Petzhold, Julia Rastelli, Judith Schmelz, Verena Tragau

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Pinnawala elephant orphanage
• More elephants from: Sri Lanka
• More elephants that was born: 1993-11-15
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

Search more on the web for Anuradhika

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

• elephant-news.com
• Asianelephant.net
• Billboard
• Buckles Blog
• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
• elefanten.wikia
• Google Internet search
• Google Books
• ShowMe Elephants
• ZooChat
• ZooChat