Kuttinarayanan (Asiad Appu)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp in India

Biography

☨ ♂ Kuttinarayanan (Asiad Appu)

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 23 years old
Status:	foot problems
Origin
Born:	* 1982 unknown
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2005-05-14
Death reason:	disease: fever from arthritis and fracture
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp, in India

Date of arrival

	Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp from Appu Ghar

1982-00-00	Appu Ghar from Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp

Record history
History of updates	2024-01-31

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Kuttinarayanan (Asiad Appu) is a dead foot problems Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2005-05-14 at Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp, in India, . Official death reason described as fever from arthritis and fracture.

Origin

Kuttinarayanan (Asiad Appu) was born unknown 1982.

Comments / pictures

Mascot at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi.

1985: Appu was offered to Lord Guruvayoorappan at the age of three by a devotee from Palakkad.
1989: Stepped into a septic tank. while taking part in a festival at Palakkad.

Since then Appu suffered from the fracture and Arthritis.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Kuttinarayanan (Asiad Appu), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1947. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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