Keerthi
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp in India

Biography
♂ Keerthi

Identification

Chip id Number000652ADE3
Certificate Number511
Kerala database nr661

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies: Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:Male ♂ maybe about 28 years old (estimated age)
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1997? unknown
Birth place: in India unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp, in India

Date of arrival

Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
from India unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2021-08-14: link to http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=7725

Latest document update2024-03-03 15:34:36
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Biography


Keerthi is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp, in India.

Keerthi arrived to the Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp unknown date, relocated from the India unspecified location, in India.


Social

Keerthi lives together with 42 other elephants at the Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp: (detailed list)

  1. 1. ♂ Achuthan born ~1973
  2. 2. ♂ Akshay Krishnan born 1992?
  3. 3. ♂ Appu born ±1975
  4. 4. ♂ Balakrishnan born 1983
  5. 5. ♂ Balaram
  6. 6. ♂ Balu
  7. 7. ♂ Chandrasekharan born 1979
  8. 8. ♂ Chenthamarakshan
  9. 9. ♂ Damodhara born 2002
  10. 10. ♀ Devi born 1972
  11. 11. ♂ Gokul born 1999
  12. 12. ♂ Gopikrishnan (Gopeekrishnan) born 1974
  13. 13. ♀ Gouri
  14. 14. ♂ Indrasen born 1979
  15. 15. ♂ Junior Kesavan born 1993
  16. 16. ♂ Junior Lekshmanan born <1964
  17. 17. ♂ Junior Madhavan born 1981
  18. 18. ♂ Krishnan born 1970
  19. 19. ♂ Kuttikrishnan
  20. 20. ♂ Lakshmanan
  21. 21. ♂ Mukundan born 1987
  22. 22. ♂ Murali born 1984
  23. 23. ♂ Nandan born 1979
  24. 24. ♂ Narayankutty
  25. 25. ♂ Parthan born 1995?
  26. 26. ♂ Prakashan born 1969
  27. 27. ♂ Radhakrishnan born 1962
  28. 28. ♂ Rajasekharan born 1973
  29. 29. ♂ Ramu born 1973
  30. 30. ♂ Ravikrishnan
  31. 31. ♀ Reshmi born <1983
  32. 32. ♂ Sankara Narayan born 1980
  33. 33. ♂ Sathyanarayanan born 1972
  34. 34. ♂ Sidharthan (Siddarthan) born 1986
  35. 35. ♂ Sreedharan born 1978
  36. 36. ♂ Sreekrishnan born 1999?
  37. 37. ♂ Sudeepan born 1977
  38. 38. ♀ Umadevi born 1972
  39. 39. ♂ Unnikkannan born 1979
  40. 40. ♂ Valiya Vishnu
  41. 41. ♂ Velayudhan
  42. 42. ♂ Vinayakan


Origin

Keerthi was born unknown 1997? at India unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

2021-07-28: The 28-year-old elephant Keerthi of Anakotta (elephant camp) in Guruvayur was found with burn injuries on his head and neck.



Keerthi on elephant-news.com

Keerthi is mentioned on Elephant News:

Articles where Keerthi is mentioned on elephant-news.com
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2007-08-16 Tusker kills mahout at chettuva - Elephant News
2021-07-28 Elephant of guruvayur anakotta suffers mysterious burn injuries on body - Elephant News

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References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Keerthi, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 12 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8038. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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