Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Mangalamkunnu brothers in India

Biography

☨ ♂ Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy

Identification

Chip id Number	00065E1D2D
Certificate Number	464
Kerala database nr	297

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ maybe about 69 years old (estimated age)
Origin
Born:	* 1950? wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2019-05-24
Death location:	Sreekrishnapuram in Palakkad
Death reason:	age:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Mangalamkunnu brothers, in India

Date of arrival

	Mangalamkunnu brothers from Babu Namboothiri

Record history
History of updates	2024-03-30: Ayyappan dead 2024-03-30:

Latest document update	2023-09-12 15:09:43
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† Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2019-05-24 at Mangalamkunnu brothers, in India, .

Origin

Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy was born wild 1950?.

Comments / pictures

Ganapathy even appears in a playback song in a Malayalam Movie 'Mangalamkunnu ganapathiyude chantham....'.

2019: Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy, aged 69, was found dead at Sreekrishnapuram in Palakkad on May 24.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mangalamkunnu Ganapathy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Mangalamkunnu brothers in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3617. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.forest.kerala.gov.in/images/cekerala.pdf
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/16-captive-elephants-lost-their-lives-in-state-so-far-this-year/article29113256.ece
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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