Rajendra
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Mathigodu elephant Camp in India

Biography

☨ ♂ Rajendra

Identification

Local id Number	16
Karnataka database	52

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ maybe about 56 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1964? wild
Birth place:	in Nagarhole National Park
Capture:	1990
Death
Dead:	†2020-10-14
Death reason:	killed: by a wild bull elephant, died one day later from the wounds
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Mathigodu elephant Camp, in India

Date of arrival

	Mathigodu elephant Camp from Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole)

	Murkal elephant camp (Nagarhole) from Mathigodu elephant Camp

1990-00-00	Mathigodu elephant Camp from Nagarhole National Park

Record history
History of updates	2016-12-11: DCEMK_nr 2020-1016: death report

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Rajendra is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2020-10-14 at Mathigodu elephant Camp, in India, . Official death reason described as by a wild bull elephant, died one day later from the wounds.

Origin

Rajendra was born wild 1964? at Nagarhole National Park, captured 1990 .

Comments / pictures

1990: Rajendra was caught at the Yadavanadu forest in Somwarpet back in 1990.

2020: Rajendra died after being attacked by a wild elephant at the Mathigodu Elephant Camp in Kodagu on Thursday. The elephant, Rajendra (56), succumbed to its injuries after being found severely injured on Wednesday morning.

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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). Rajendra, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Mathigodu elephant Camp in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16612. (archived at the Wayback machine)