Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka

Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth
Type	temple

Owner
Place	Kandy
Country	Sri Lanka
Website	Website

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians	: Ashoka Dangolla (veterinarian)

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers	-2022: Wilson Koddithuwakku 1937-: Umar Panicker
Record history
History of updates	2022-04-18

Latest document update	2022-04-18 03:16:10
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Description

Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth, in Kandy, Sri Lanka .

Living elephants

At the Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth lives 10 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Abhaya born 2010
♂ Gagana born 2011-03-05
♂ Indi Raja born 1980
♂ Jana Raja
♂ Kaveri Raja
♂ Raju born 2006
♂ Senarath born 2004-09-13
♂ Sindhu born 2006
♂ Sinha Raja
♂ Thai Raja

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2022-04-01: Pradeep Miyanapalawa is attached to the administrative wing of the Perahera office. His grandfather and father were respected native physicians who treated elephants decades ago. Pradeep outlined the role and task of the “ath panthiya”. He said, “At present, we have nine tuskers and three bull elephants. The chief Tusker who represents this Sacred Temple is Indi Raja who is 45-years-old. The tuskers are Sinha Raja, Thai Raja, Jana Raja, Migara, Kaveri Raja, Myan Raja, Buruma Raja and Pulasthi Raja. The other elephants are Kandula, Nalaka and Kadhira. Our chief Tusker Indi Raja was donated to the Dalada Maligawa in 1989 aged seven years. He was assigned for Perahera duty when he reached 18 years of age”. Indi Raja was donated by the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

All the tuskers serving the Dalada Maligawa receive the professional inspection of Professor Dangolla and his prudent team attached to the Peradeniya Veterinary Science Faculty.

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Koehl, Dan (2024). Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1348. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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