Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
P. K. Narayanan in India

Biography

♂ Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan

Identification

Chip id Number	00065949AB
Certificate Number	303
Kerala database nr	284

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂ maybe about 35 years old (estimated age)
Characteristics:	Tear on upper side of left ear
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1990? wild
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	P. K. Narayanan, in India

Date of arrival

	P. K. Narayanan
Record history
History of updates	2021-12-25

Latest document update	2021-12-25 12:07:52
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Biography

Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located with the private owner P. K. Narayanan, in India.

Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan arrived to P. K. Narayanan unknown date,

In P. K. Narayanan, Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan lives as single living elephant at this location

Origin

Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan was born wild 1990? at India unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

A Mahout was critically injured after an elephant he was giving a shower forward of parading in reference to a temple ritual turned violent and gored him.

The Mahout recognized as Ratnakaran (57) of Onakkoor suffered a deep wound on his rib and was rushed to a non-public hospital close by. “The wound caused by the tusk is fairly deep. We have moved him into ventilator,” stated hospital sources.

The incident occurred inside the premises of the Sree Chandrashekharapuram Siva Temple at Muppathadam at round 7.30 a.m. It isn’t clear whether or not one thing prompted the provocation for the elephant to momentarily flip violent.

The elephant recognized as Polakulam Vishu Narayanan was dropped at the temple as a part of the pageant. “He was paraded last night and was being washed ahead of being paraded as part of Arattu when the incident happened. The elephant didn’t run amok or anything and was calm after that. The rituals were held as usual albeit two hours behind the schedule,” stated Padmanabhan, secretary, of the temple belief.

Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan on elephant-news.com

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Articles where Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan is mentioned on elephant-news.com
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	Mahout critically injured after being gored by elephant in kochi - Elephant News

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at P. K. Narayanan in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10661. (archived at the Wayback machine)