Captive elephants in Kerala state

This list contains elephants listed with an dcek number within the database of captive elephants and mahouts in Kerala, India. There are several elephants which are not listed with a dcek number. The recently born elephants, without valid dcek number, are listed at the bottom of this list. Most chip numbers come from Districtwise details of captive elephants in Kerala

Name dcek/local Nr	Species Sex	Birth	Status	Parents	Location Arrival
There are 208 captive-born and wild-born elephants included in Kerala Region within this database You can filter the result here: Present selection: Sex:, Species: , Status: , Birth:
† 0 Nandilath Gopalakrishnan	EM M	unknown 1978	dead 2006-01-07	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Ganesh	EM M	unknown	unknown	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre
† 0 Niranjan	EM M	unknown 2006-00-00	dead 2007-12-26	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre 2006-00-00
† 0 Aswathy	EM F	captive-born 2007	dead 2007-12-28	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre 2007-00-00
† 0 Kottoor Arjunnan	EM M	wild 2016?	dead 2021-07-06?	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Poorna	EM F	wild 2016?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Kannan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Puthenkulam Elephant Village (Puthenkulam Anakkottil)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 unknown	EM F	2010	FC	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre 2011-03-03
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Ganga	EM F	unknown 2000	FC	x	Jumbo Circus 2003-00-00
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Manu	EM M	wild 2017?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Rana	EM F	unknown	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Podichi	EM F	wild 2014?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Maya	EM F	wild 2017?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Agasthyan	EM M	unknown 2010?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Raja	EM M	unknown 2013?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Gayathri	EM F	wild 2011	FC	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre 2011-12-21
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Aameena	EM F	wild 2020?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2021-01-23
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Chinna	EM F	wild 2017?	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2018-05-18
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Ganapati	EM M	wild	FC	x	Rajarajeshwara Temple
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Chirakkal Kalidasan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Chirakkal Madhu
† 0 Sreekutty	EM F	unknown 2019-08-00	dead 2021-06-28	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2019-11-09
† 0 Chirakkal Mahadevan	EM M	unknown	dead 2017-02-23	x	Chirakkal Madhu
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Kolakkadan Mini	EM F	unknown 1976	FC	x	Abdul Nassar Kolakkadan
† 0 Ayyappan	EM	2002	dead 2004-02-29	x	Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve 2003-00-00
† 0 Shilpa	EM		dead 2003	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 unknown	EM unknown	wild	FC	x	India unspecified location
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Chandramukhi	EM F	wild	Assumed dead	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2012-02-11
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Utolly Ganapathy	EM M	wild	FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Aryankavu Maniyan	EM M	wild	Assumed dead	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Utolly Sivan	EM M	wild	FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Uttoly Rajasekhar	EM M	wild	FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Utolly Prasad	EM M	wild	FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Utolly Padmanaban	EM M	wild	FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Sundari	EM F	wild 2009	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
† 0 Bhavani	EM F	wild 2013-07-00	dead 2013-10-21	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2013-10-02
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Arjuna	EM M		FC	x	Kerala unspecified location
† 0 Valiyaveettil Manikandan	EM M	1976	dead 2016-11-23	x	V. K. Sudhi
† 0 Ammu	EM F	wild 2015	dead 2016-12-00	x	Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve 2015-12-00
Number 1 - 0 sems to be missing?
0 Pramugha	EM M	wild	FC	x	Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad) 2016-00-00
1 Mahadevan (Maheswaran)	EM M	wild	FC	x	Ashram Art of Living Thiruvananthapuram
2 Lekshmi	EM F	wild	FC	x	Amritapuri Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram
3 Raman	EM M	wild	FC	x	Amritapuri Mata Amritanandamayi Ashram
4 Anjana	EM F	wild 2008	FC	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre
5 Asha	EM F	unknown 2004	FC	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre
6 Neelakandan	EM M	unknown 1996	FC	x	Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad) 2018-09-16
7 Bharati (Parvathy)	EM F	wild 2006	FC	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre 2007-00-00
8 Sunitha	EM F	unknown 1969	FC	x	Kodanadu Elephant training centre
9 Mony	EM M	wild	FC	x	Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve
10 Eva	EM F	unknown ~2002	FC	x	Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve
11 Meena	EM F	~1991	FC	x	Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve
12 Priyadarshini	EM F	wild 1984	FC	x	Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve
13 Kottoor Soman	EM M	wild	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)
14 Surendran	EM M	unknown ~2001	FC	x	Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad) 2018-09-16
† 15 Dinesan	EM M	wild 1950	dead	x	Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad)
16 Kunju	EM M	wild	FC	x	Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad)
17 Surya	EM M	wild	FC	x	Muthanga elephant camp (East Wayanad) 2018-09-16
18 Ammu	EM F	unknown 2002	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2008-08-00
19 Jaysree	EM F	wild 1972	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2008-08-00
20 Minna	EM F	unknown 2003	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2008-08-00
† 21 Renji	EM M	wild 1943?	dead	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC) 2008-00-00
22 Kannan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Thomas George
23 Gopalan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Abdul Akbar
24 Unnikrishnan	EM M	wild	FC	x	E. S. Gafoor Abdul
25 Govindankutty	EM M	wild	FC	x	Kareem P. H. Abdul
26 Mahesh	EM M	wild	FC	x	Nazar T. M. Abdul
27 Sundari	EM F	wild	FC	x	Rahman M. K. Abdul
28 Arjun	EM M	wild	FC	x	Aboobacker
29 Suseela	EM F	wild	FC	x	T. K. Aboobacker
30 Varun	EM M	wild	FC	x	V. V. Abootty
31 Sankarankutty	EM M	wild	FC	x	M. P. Abraham
32 Gangadaran	EM M	wild	FC	x	Abraham Thomas
33 Meera	EM F	wild	FC	x	Abraham Thomas
34 Sreeraman	EM M	wild	FC	x	Abraham Thomas
35 Vijayan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Abraham Thomas
36 Ganesan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Abraham Thomas
37 Sheela	EM F	wild	FC	x	Abraham Thomas
38 Sundari	EM F	wild	FC	x	Abraham Thomas
39 Balagopalan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Ajith Kumar
40 Appu	EM M	wild	FC	x	Albert Jose
41 Ramu (Elias, Ganapathy)	EM M	wild	FC	x	Albert Jose
42 Saraswathy	EM M	wild	FC	x	Chompalan Ali
† 43 Olayambadi Manikandan	EM M	wild	dead 2022-08-19	x	Harris Ali
44 Arjunan	EM M	wild	FC	x	P. V. Alikunju
45 Saaj Prasad	EM M	wild	FC	x	Ambika Kumaran
46 Karuvattoor Vignesh	EM M	wild	FC	x	K. S. Anandamani
47 Poothrukovil Ganapathy	EM M	wild	FC	x	Anil Kumar
48 Unnikrishnan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Anilal Rajamma Amma
49 Ganeshan (Kuttikrishnan)	EM M	wild	FC	x	S. Anitha
50 Mohanan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Ansari Majeed
51 Harikuttan	EM M	wild	FC	x	T. Ansari
52 Vijayan	EM M	wild	FC	x	E. P. Antony
† 53 Bastian Vinaya Chandran	EM M	wild	dead 2004	x	Guruji Prashanth
54 Bastian Vinayashankar	EM M	wild	FC	x	Bastian timbers (T.R. Antony)
55 Mohanan	EM M	unknown	FC	x	Anwar Sadath
56 Kannan	EM M	wild	FC	x	V. M. Anzari
57 Uttoly Ayyappan	EM M		FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
58 Madhavan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Arun Nair
59 Arun Ayyappan	EM M		FC	x	Arun Kumar
60 Pattathu Sreekrishnan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Asok Kumar
† 62 Ambady Kannan Kalarikavu	EM M	unknown 1997?	dead 2021-03-00	x	Prakasan M V Athrangattu
† 71 Sreenivasan	EM M	wild ~1959	dead 2013-07-08	x	O. S. Babu
Number 72 - 75 sems to be missing?
75 Vijaya Lakshmi	EM F	wild	FC	x	Thomas Baby
† 83 Hamsa Raj	EM M	wild 1952	dead 2017	x	Kerala unspecified location
Number 84 - 89 sems to be missing?
89 Puthenkulam Ananthapadmanabhan	EM M	wild 1974	FC	x	Puthenkulam Elephant Village (Puthenkulam Anakkottil)
† 119 Mangalamkunnu Kannan	EM M	wild 1963?	dead 2021-01-28	x	Geetha P D
Number 120 - 123 sems to be missing?
123 Indira (Maria)	EM F	wild	FC	x	Thomas George
Number 124 - 145 sems to be missing?
145 Balussery Dhananjayan	EM M	wild 1977?	FC	x	E K Govindan Chettiyar
† 152 Reghuram Manisseri	EM M	unknown 1968	dead 2021-06-09	x	Vadakkoot Haridas 1999-00-00
† 154 Pananchery Bhagavathy	EM F	wild ~1957	dead 2018-05-00	x	Harindra Nath M. K.
Number 155 - 165 sems to be missing?
165 Laila	EM F	unknown ~1964	FC	x	M. K. Ibrahim
Number 166 - 196 sems to be missing?
196 Puthuppally Kesavan	EM M	wild ~1974	FC	x	Pothen Varghese
Number 197 - 214 sems to be missing?
214 Uttoly Mahadevan	EM M		FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
Number 215 - 221 sems to be missing?
221 Ganapathy	EM M	unknown 1974?	FC	x	Kulamakkil house
Number 222 - 284 sems to be missing?
284 Polakulam Vishnu Narayanan	EM M	wild 1990?	FC	x	P. K. Narayanan
† 296 Mangalamkunnu Guruvayoorappan	EM M	wild 1965	dead 2018-06-00	x	Mangalamkunnu brothers
† 297 Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy	EM M	wild 1950?	dead 2019-05-24	x	Mangalamkunnu brothers
Number 298 - 308 sems to be missing?
308 Lucky Prasad	EM M	wild	FC	x	Pothen Varghese
Number 309 - 311 sems to be missing?
311 Puthuppally Sadhu	EM M	wild 1967?	FC	x	Pothen Varghese
Number 312 - 330 sems to be missing?
330 Utolly Anantha Padmanabhan	EM M	wild ~1974	FC	x	U.P. Krishnankutty
Number 331 - 355 sems to be missing?
355 Reena	EM F	unknown 1971?	FC	x	V. M. Rajappan
356 Rani	EM F	unknown 1970?	FC	x	V. M. Rajappan
† 378 Ithithanam Guruvayoorappan	EM M		dead 2016-11-23	x	Raveendran Nair
† 384 Indrajith	EM M	2000	dead 2016-02-24	x	Konni Elephant Kraal Reserve 2014-00-00
† 415 Vishnu Sankar	EM M	wild 1986?	dead 2022-09-25?	x	Sasidhar C S 2003-00-00
Number 416 - 420 sems to be missing?
420 Kulamakkil Kuttikrishnan	EM M	unknown 1983	FC	x	Kulamakkil house
Number 421 - 438 sems to be missing?
438 Santha	EM F	wild	FC	x	Shibu Joseph
Number 439 - 448 sems to be missing?
448 Sivasankaran	EM M	wild	FC	x	Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
Number 449 - 464 sems to be missing?
464 Ganapathy Valiyaveettil	EM M	wild	FC	x	V. K. Sudhi
† 470 Cherpulassery Parthan	EM M	wild ~1978	dead 2019-05-07?	x	Sunil Kumar P
† 471 Cherpulassery Neelakandan	EM M	wild 1973	dead 2020-05-18	x	Sunil Kumar P 2019-10-00
Number 472 - 484 sems to be missing?
484 Pampady Rajan	EM M	wild ~1977	FC	x	M.A. Thomas
485 Sundaran	EM M	wild ~1972	FC	x	M.A. Thomas
Number 486 - 510 sems to be missing?
510 Chandran	EM M	unknown	FC	x	Kulamakkil house
† 532 Sivasundaram	EM M	unknown 1987?	dead 2017-07-07	x	Rajarajeshwara Temple
† 545 Mathilakam Darshini	EM F	wild <1964	dead 2021-05-29	x	Padmanabhaswamy Temple 1966-00-00
Number 546 - 551 sems to be missing?
551 Thechikkottu Kavu Devidasan	EM M	wild ~1990	FC	x	Thechikkottukavu Peramangalthu Devaswom
552 Thechikkottu Kavu Ramachandran	EM M	wild 1964	FC	x	Thechikkottukavu Peramangalthu Devaswom
† 558 Kuttisankaran	EM M	wild 1962	dead 2020-07-26	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp 1969-00-00
† 563 Gajendran	EM M	wild ~1973	dead 2018-04-28	x	Cochin Thirumala Devaswom
Number 564 - 567 sems to be missing?
567 Kuttankulangara Arjunan	EM M	wild ~1970	FC	x	Kuttankulangara Sri Krishna Temple
† 568 Ramdas	EM M	wild ~1964	dead	x	Kuttankulangara Sri Krishna Temple 1990-00-00
† 574 Paramekkavu Rajendran	EM M	wild 1943?	dead 2019-10-14	x	Paramekkavu Devaswom temple 1955-00-00
† 577 Paramekkavu Sree Padmanabhan	EM M	wild	dead 2022-07-10	x	Paramekkavu Devaswom temple 2005-00-00
† 578 Thiruvambadi Ramabhadran	EM M	wild	dead 2017-04-26	x	Thiruvambadi Devaswom temple
579 Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrasekharan	EM M	wild 1980?	FC	x	Thiruvambadi Devaswom temple
Number 580 - 582 sems to be missing?
582 Chandra Sekharan	EM M	wild 1964?	FC	x	Kottiyoor Devaswom
† 583 Ambalappuzha Vijayakrishnan	EM M	wild 1971?	dead 2021-04-08	x	Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
584 Evoor Kannan	EM M	wild 1991	FC	x	Evoor Major Sri Krishnaswamy Temple
† 595 Aranmula Mohanan	EM M	unknown 1962	dead 2009-02-08	x	Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple
† 596 Parthasarathy	EM M	<1969	dead 2017-06-23	x	Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple 1975-00-00
† 600 Sasi	EM M		dead 2017-10-18	x	Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
Number 601 - 608 sems to be missing?
608 Thrikkadavoor Sivaraju	EM M	wild ~1973	FC	x	Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)
† 612 Chenkalloor Dakshayani	EM F	wild >1932?	dead 2019-02-00	x	Chengannur Mahadevar Temple
† 614 Sreekanteswaram Sivakumar	EM M	wild	dead 2023-06-22	x	Kanthaloor Mahadeva Temple
Number 615 - 622 sems to be missing?
622 Vallabhan	EM M	unknown 1994?	FC	x	Malayinkeezhu Sree Krishna Swami Temple 2002-00-00
623 Ayyappankutty	EM M	wild ~1956	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
624 Balaraman	EM M	wild ~1956	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
625 Chandrashekharan	EM M	wild ~1963	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
626 Achuthankutty	EM M	unknown ~1972	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
627 Seetha	EM F	wild ~1962	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
628 Ernakulam Sivakumar	EM M	wild ~1970	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
† 629 Girisan	EM M	wild <1950	dead 2017-11-13	x	Cochin Devaswom 1951-00-00
630 Narayanan	EM M	wild ~1956	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
† 631 Ramachandran	EM M	wild ~1967	dead 2020-07-12	x	Cochin Devaswom
632 Devidasan	EM M	wild ~1974	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
633 Ravipuram Govindan	EM M	wild ~1975	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
634 Seetharaman	EM M	wild ~1954	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
635 Sreeraman	EM M	unknown ~1984	FC	x	Cochin Devaswom
636 Achuthan	EM M	wild ~1973	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 637 Adithyan	EM M	wild ~1995	dead 2017	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
638 Akshay Krishnan	EM M	unknown 1992?	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
639 Appu	EM M	unknown ±1975	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 640 Arjun	EM M	unknown 1992	dead 2012-07-20	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp 1998-00-00
641 Balakrishnan	EM M	unknown 1983	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp 1998-00-00
642 Balaram	EM M	wild	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
643 Balu	EM M	wild	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
644 Chandrasekharan	EM M	unknown 1979	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp 1998-00-00
645 Chenthamarakshan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
Number 646 - 653 sems to be missing?
653 Gopikrishnan (Gopeekrishnan)	EM M	unknown 1974	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 655 Junior Achuthan	EM M	unknown 1978	dead 2017-06-07	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
656 Junior Kesavan	EM M	unknown 1993	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
657 Junior Lekshmanan	EM M	unknown <1964	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 660 Kannan	EM M	unknown 1969	dead 2024-01-27	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
661 Keerthi	EM M	unknown 1997?	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
Number 662 - 672 sems to be missing?
672 Mukundan	EM M	unknown 1987	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
673 Murali	EM M	unknown 1984	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
Number 674 - 675 sems to be missing?
675 Nandini	EM F	unknown <1967	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 678 Gaja Ratnam Guruvayur Padmanabhan	EM M	wild	dead 2020-02-26	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp 1975-06-25
679 Parthan	EM M	wild 1995?	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 684 Ramachandran	EM M	unknown 1949	dead 2010-02-22	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 685 Ramankutty	EM M	unknown 1958	dead 2016-09-15	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
686 Ramu	EM M	unknown 1973	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
687 Ravikrishnan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
688 Reshmi	EM F	unknown <1983	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
689 Sankara Narayan	EM M	unknown 1980	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
690 Sathyanarayanan	EM M	unknown 1972	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 691 Seshadri	EM M	unknown 1992	dead 2018-03-21	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
692 Sidharthan (Siddarthan)	EM M	unknown 1986	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
693 Sreedharan	EM M	unknown 1978	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
694 Sreekrishnan	EM M	wild 1999?	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 695 Gaiamuthassi Thara	EM F	unknown 1960	dead 2023-11-28	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp 1957-05-09
696 Umadevi	EM F	unknown 1972	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 697 Unnikrishnan	EM M	wild 1970	dead 2017	x	Thiruvambadi Devaswom temple
698 Valiya Vishnu	EM M	wild	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
699 Vinayakan	EM M	wild	FC	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
† 700 Vineeth Krishnan	EM M	wild ~1980	dead 2018-05-25	x	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp 2003-01-01
† 701 Maheswari	EM F	wild >1930	dead 2015-02-09	x	Trivandrum Zoo 1946-00-00
702 Rajkumar	EM M	wild 1989	FC	x	Kottoor elephant rehabilitation centre (ERC)

There are 208 captive-born and wild-born elephantsincluded in Kerala Region within this database

There are 208 captive-born and wild-born elephants
included in Kerala Region within this database