Velayudhan
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp in India

Biography
♂ Velayudhan
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1956 wild(unconfirmed claimed birth date)
Birth place: in India unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp, in India
Date of arrival
Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp
Record history
History of updates2021-09-26: Born in India
Latest document update2023-08-15 12:22:08
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Biography

Velayudhan is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp, in India.

Velayudhan arrived to the Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp unknown date,

Social

Velayudhan lives together with 42 other elephants at the Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp: (detailed list)

  1. 1. ♂ Achuthan born ~1973
  2. 2. ♂ Akshay Krishnan born 1992?
  3. 3. ♂ Appu born ±1975
  4. 4. ♂ Balakrishnan born 1983
  5. 5. ♂ Balaram
  6. 6. ♂ Balu
  7. 7. ♂ Chandrasekharan born 1979
  8. 8. ♂ Chenthamarakshan
  9. 9. ♂ Damodhara born 2002
  10. 10. ♀ Devi born 1972
  11. 11. ♂ Gokul born 1999
  12. 12. ♂ Gopikrishnan (Gopeekrishnan) born 1974
  13. 13. ♀ Gouri
  14. 14. ♂ Indrasen born 1979
  15. 15. ♂ Junior Kesavan born 1993
  16. 16. ♂ Junior Lekshmanan born <1964
  17. 17. ♂ Junior Madhavan born 1981
  18. 18. ♂ Keerthi born 1997?
  19. 19. ♂ Krishnan born 1970
  20. 20. ♂ Kuttikrishnan
  21. 21. ♂ Lakshmanan
  22. 22. ♂ Mukundan born 1987
  23. 23. ♂ Murali born 1984
  24. 24. ♂ Nandan born 1979
  25. 25. ♂ Narayankutty
  26. 26. ♂ Parthan born 1995?
  27. 27. ♂ Prakashan born 1969
  28. 28. ♂ Radhakrishnan born 1962
  29. 29. ♂ Rajasekharan born 1973
  30. 30. ♂ Ramu born 1973
  31. 31. ♂ Ravikrishnan
  32. 32. ♀ Reshmi born <1983
  33. 33. ♂ Sankara Narayan born 1980
  34. 34. ♂ Sathyanarayanan born 1972
  35. 35. ♂ Sidharthan (Siddarthan) born 1986
  36. 36. ♂ Sreedharan born 1978
  37. 37. ♂ Sreekrishnan born 1999?
  38. 38. ♂ Sudeepan born 1977
  39. 39. ♀ Umadevi born 1972
  40. 40. ♂ Unnikkannan born 1979
  41. 41. ♂ Valiya Vishnu
  42. 42. ♂ Vinayakan


Origin

Velayudhan was born wild at India unspecified location.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Velayudhan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Guruvayur Devaswom elephant camp in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 10 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1972. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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