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Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple
Type
temple
Place
Boralesgamuwa
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Sri Lanka
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-2018:
Bellanwila Wimalarathana
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Nilantha Ratnayake
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Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple, in Boralesgamuwa,
Sri Lanka
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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
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