Jeyamalyatha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Srivilliputhur Andal temple in India

Biography
♀ Jeyamalyatha
Alternative name: Joymala

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* unknown
Birth place: in India unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Srivilliputhur Andal temple, in India

Date of arrival

2011-00-00Srivilliputhur Andal temple
from Assam unspecified location

Assam unspecified location
from Girin Moran

Girin Moran
from India unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2022-06-12

Latest document update2022-08-23 19:12:42
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Biography


Jeyamalyatha is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Srivilliputhur Andal temple, in India.

Jeyamalyatha arrived in 2011-00-00 to the Srivilliputhur Andal temple, relocated from the Assam unspecified location, in India.

In Srivilliputhur Andal temple, Jeyamalyatha lives as single living elephant at this location



Origin

Jeyamalyatha was born unknown at India unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

2022: Joymala, an elephant from Assam, was gifted to the Srivilliputhur temple in Virudhunagar district ten years ago.

Last year, the elephant was in the news when a video of her handler, Raja, brutally attacking the elephant went viral. This led to his removal.

2022-08-12: A sustained campaign by animal rights activists has finally led to the arrest of a Mahout who was caught on video, cruelly beating an elephant named Jetmalyatha. The Srivilliputhur Nachiyar Thirukovil temple reportedly kept Jeymalyatha in captivity illegally for more than a decade, as she was never returned to the Assam forest department after her six months' lease expired.

The first video, which surfaced in February 2021, showed Jeymalyatha being beaten at a rejuvenation camp and led Tamil Nadu's Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to suspend the two mahouts involved.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Jeyamalyatha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Srivilliputhur Andal temple in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10434. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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