Saraswati
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park) in India

Biography
♀ Saraswati

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:*
Birth place:
Offspring
Total: 1 babies

1. Born 1997-11-09 Lakshmi
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park), in India

Date of arrival

2017-12-10Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park)
from Aurangabad Siddharth Garden and Zoo

1996-08-00Aurangabad Siddharth Garden and Zoo
from Mysore Zoo

Record history
History of updates2011-11-25: new record
2018-05-27: transferred

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


Saraswati is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park), in India.

Saraswati arrived in 2017-12-10 to the Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park), relocated from the Aurangabad Siddharth Garden and Zoo, in India.


Social

Saraswati lives together with 3 other elephants at the Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park): (detailed list)

  1. Krishna
  2. Lakshmi born 1997-11-09
  3. Raja

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (F) 1997-11-09 Lakshmi


Origin

Saraswati was born .


Comments / pictures

1997-11-09: The local zoo had witnessed the arrival of a male elephant Shankar and female elephant Swaraswati from Mysore on August 1, 1996. The couple gave birth to a baby elephant named Laxmi on November 9, 1997. While the male elephant died on August 9, 2000, two female elephants continue to await freedom in the wake of CZAI framing new rules.

2017-12-10:52-year-old elephant Saraswati and her female calf Laxmi were shifted to Visakhapatnam zoo in Andhra Pradesh en route to Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary, on Sunday.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Saraswati, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Vizag Zoo (Indira Gandhi Zoological Park) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7490. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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