Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple in Sri Lanka

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Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple
Type	temple
Place	Boralesgamuwa
Country	Sri Lanka
Website	Website
Related persons
Owner


Key People	-2018: Bellanwila Wimalarathana (monk) -: Nilantha Ratnayake (monk)
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Record history
History of updates	2018-05-17xx

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Description

Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple, in Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka .

Living elephants

At the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple lives 2 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Myan Kumara
♂ unknown

Casualties

1 casualties

2018-02-03: monk Bellanwila Wimalarathana fatal attack by Myan Kumara. The Buddhist monk Wimalarathana Thera approached the elephant one day when the mahout was on leave, believing they were "sharing a special bond". The elephant, in the absence of the mahout attacked the man, who suffered multiple injuries, with severe blunt trauma to chest with lung laceration and a significant flail segment and badly fractured right upper limb bone. † Bellanwila Wimalarathana Died 2018-02-03

References for records about Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2559. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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