Chenkalloor Dakshayani
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Chengannur Mahadevar Temple in India

Biography

☨ ♀ Chenkalloor Dakshayani
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Alternative name:	Gaja Muthassi (title)

Identification

Chip id Number	00065DE11E
Local id Number	451
Kerala database nr	612

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* >1932? wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2019-02-00
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Chengannur Mahadevar Temple, in India

Date of arrival

	Chengannur Mahadevar Temple from Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)

1949-00-00	Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) from Kollampuzha Thiruvarattu Kavu

	Kollampuzha Thiruvarattu Kavu from Kodanadu Elephant training centre

Record history
History of updates	2023-08-10

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

† Chenkalloor Dakshayani is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2019-02-00 at Chengannur Mahadevar Temple, in India, .

Origin

Chenkalloor Dakshayani was born wild >1932?.

Comments / pictures

Age not scientifically confirmed

The certificate issued by the State Forest Department says she was 76 as on July 18, 2007. We do not know the exact age in which she was gifted by the royals,â€ says Subramanian Namboodiri, TDBs Chenkalloor sub-group officer.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Chenkalloor Dakshayani, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Chengannur Mahadevar Temple in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16526. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Meet-Dakshayani---Worlds-Oldest-Elephant-in-Captivity/2016/04/25/article3398244.ece
http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/oldest-elephant-in-kerala-to-enter-guinness-world-records.html
https://phys.org/news/2019-02-india-granny-elephant-dies-aged.amp
Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala, made 2009 by Surendra Varma, E.K. Easwaran, T.S. Rajeev, Marshal.C.Radhakrishnan, S. R. Sujata and Nibha Namboodiri , India, available online at Database for Captive Elephants in Kerala Retrieved 2018-11-01.
Districtwise details of Captive Elephants of Kerala by Kerala Forest Department, India

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Categories2019 deaths | >193 births | Elephants from Chengannur Mahadevar Temple | India | Asian elephants

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