Andal an Asian elephant at Renganathar Swamy temple

Location

Andal is a Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Renganathar Swamy temple, in India.

Andal arrived in Renganathar Swamy temple 1986-10-16, relocated from Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai), in India.

In Renganathar Swamy temple, Andal lives as single living elephant in this location (see detailed list).

Origin

Andal was born unknown 1980.

2017-08-29: He told me that Andal was 38 years old and she came to Srirangam on 16th October 1986, which is almost 31 years. That is when I realized, why she did not panic when a lot of people surrounded her. She is taking the Kudam filled with water from the Kaveri river as an offering to Ranganatha every day. It is her usual routine of starting her day.

Sources used for this article is among others:

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• http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?id=7616
• Database for Captive Elephants and their Mahouts in Tamil Nadu
  made 2009 by Surendra Varma, N. Kalaivanan, N.S.Manoharan, R. Thirumurugan, S. Thangaraj Panneerslevam and N. Mohanraj, India

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