Mariappan
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai) in India

Biography
♂ Mariappan


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Alternative name: Mariyappan

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 36 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1989 captive-born
Birth place: in Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)

Parents: x ♀ Sivakami
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai), in India

Date of arrival

2007-00-00Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)
from Madras Vandalur Zoo

Madras Vandalur Zoo
from Samayapuram Sri Mariamman Temple

1996-00-00Samayapuram Sri Mariamman Temple
from Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai)

Record history
History of updates2024-06-30

Latest document update2021-02-12 05:06:54
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Biography


Mariappan is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai), in India.

Mariappan arrived in 2007-00-00 to the Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai), relocated from the Madras Vandalur Zoo, in India.


Social

Mariappan lives together with 18 other elephants at the Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai): (detailed list)

  1. 1. ⚪ Abinaya born 2007
  2. 2. ♂ Andal
  3. 3. ♂ Barani (twin) born 1986-01-20
  4. 4. ♂ Bullu
  5. 5. ♀ Durga
  6. 6. ♂ Kalim born 1969
  7. 7. ♂ Kapil dev born 1983-05-05
  8. 8. ♂ Raj vardhan born ~2002
  9. 9. ♀ Selvi
  10. 10. ♀ Sivakami born ~1951
  11. 11. ♂ Surya born 1976
  12. 12. ♀ Tamilan born 2009?
  13. 13. ♀ unknown born ~2014
  14. 14. ♂ unknown born 2010-04-00
  15. 15. ♀ unknown born 2019?
  16. 16. ♀ unknown born 2005-07-06
  17. 17. ♀ Valli born ~1947
  18. 18. ♂ Vikram born 1999


Origin

Mariappan was born captive-born 1989 at Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai).

Parentage


Parents of Mariappan are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Sivakami (mother).

Pedigree


Mariappans ancestral Pedigree:
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Sivakami

Born: ~1951

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Marriappan was born in the tranquil surroundings of the Kozhikamudhi Elephant Camp located in the pristine forests better known as Top Slip in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve, near Pollachi, Tamil Nadu. ... His mother Sivagami would interact with wild elephants, and so there was the possibility that Marriappan’s father was a wild male. The two camp elephants, Kaleem and IG-1 could also have been his father especially IG-1 who was often seen with Sivagami.

1989: The elephant was born in captivity in the Anamalai Forest camp;

1996: sold to the temple when it was 7,5 years old

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mariappan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Top Slip Kozhikkamuthy Elephant camp (Annaimalai) in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2801. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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