Nanjunda
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp) in India

Biography

⚪ Nanjunda

Identification

Karnataka database	+161? (N/A)

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	unknown 31 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1995 unknown
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp), in India

Date of arrival

2018-04-21	Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp) from Mathigodu elephant Camp

Record history
History of updates	2018-04-23: transfer Jaldapara

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

Biography

Nanjunda is a living an elephant with unknown sex, an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp), in India.

Nanjunda arrived in 2018-04-21 to the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp), relocated from the Mathigodu elephant Camp, in India.

Social

Nanjunda lives together with 39 other elephants at the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp): (detailed list)

1. ♀ Amrapali born 1999
2. ♂ Ashoka born 1994
3. ♂ Bharat born 1994
4. ♀ Debayani born ~1974
5. ⚪ Dharmaraya born 2010
6. ♀ Diana born 1996
7. ♀ Kuntalini born ~1955
8. ♀ Lakshmi born ~1975
9. ♂ Mansingh
10. ♀ Merry
11. ♂ Motilal born 2000
12. ♀ Mumtaz
13. ♀ Nooree born ~1952
14. ♂ Norbahadur born 1994
15. ♀ Phulwanti
16. ♀ Purnima born ~1964
17. ♂ Raja born 2011
18. ♂ Rajkanta?? born 1972
19. ♀ Rami born 1997
20. ♀ Rani
21. ♂ Rudraprasad born 1997
22. ♂ Sarathi born 1999
23. ♀ Sharmila born ~1952
24. ♂ Shiladitta born 2000
25. ♂ Srinivas born 2004
26. ♂ Suman born 1993-11-07
27. ♀ Sundari born 1998
28. ♀ Sundarmani born 1973
29. ♂ Tarzan born 1997?
30. ♀ Torsha Rani born 1997
31. ♂ unknown born 2000
32. ♀ unknown born 2000
33. ♂ unknown born 2001
34. ♀ unknown born 2002-09-00
35. ♂ unknown born 2002-01-00
36. ♂ unknown born 2002-09-00
37. ♂ unknown born 2001
38. ♀ Urbashi born ~1952
39. ♀ Zenny born ~1995

Origin

Nanjunda was born unknown 1995.

Comments / pictures

2018-04-22: Five elephants from Mathigodu Elephant Camp near Gonikoppa in Kodagu district were sent to Jaldapara National Park in West Bengal on Saturday. Mary (61), Dharmaraya (8), Srinivas (15), Sarathi (18) and Nanjunda (23) were sent in a lorry to West Bengal.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Nanjunda, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS camp) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11072. (archived at the Wayback machine)