Skanda
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kandy Sri Dalada Maligawa Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka

Skanda was born wild , captured 1925 .

Most of the times Raja carried the sacred casket at the annual perahera in Kandy flanked by Skanda and another Tusker elephant. Sometimes Skanda too carried the casket

References

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raja_(elephant)

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