Chengallor Ranganathan
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Chengalloor Sree Mahadeva Temple in India

Biography

☨ ♂ Chengallor Ranganathan
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Museum locations
Present / last location:	Thrissur Zoo, in India

Date of arrival

	Thrissur Zoo, Thrissur, India

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Dentition
Incisives	tusker
Body height:	3.51 meter, 11.5 feet
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in India unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†1917
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Chengalloor Sree Mahadeva Temple, in India

Date of arrival

	Chengalloor Sree Mahadeva Temple from Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple

	Sri Ranganatha Swamy Temple from India unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2020-11-14

Latest document update	2020-11-14 12:59:18
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† Chengallor Ranganathan is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1917 at Chengalloor Sree Mahadeva Temple, in India, .

Museum locationThe Museum specimen remains of this animal is within the collection at Thrissur Zoo, in Thrissur, India.

Origin

Chengallor Ranganathan was born wild at India unspecified location.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Chengallor Ranganathan, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Chengalloor Sree Mahadeva Temple in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8154. (archived at the Wayback machine)