Bodidasa Vidane

From the list of elephant persons Family: Puncha

Bodidasa Vidane
Vi dane'>Banda Vi dane and son Bodidasa. First elephant Layla. 1993.
Personal details
Country	Germany

Locations
Title	assistant elephant trainer 1971-1981
Location	at American Circus in Italy

Biography details

Bodidasa Suwaneris Puncha , circus elephant trainer in Germany

Born 1958 in Germany , son of elephant trainer Banda Vidane and animal trainer Dagmar Puncha .

1971 his father Banda Vidane began training 25 elephants at Circo Americano with Bodidasa as his apprentice. There, father and son worked in two groups, with Bodidasa staying with a Group of 12 elephants in Italy, while Banda worked away from home, mostly at Circus Scott in Sweden or Circus Bouglione in France. Later, Bodidasa assisted his father with the elephants on Circus Krone in Germany.

Bodidasa Vidane Family Puncha with elephant Leila at Circus Krone.

Bodidasa Vidane s ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Bodidasa Vidane Born: 1958	Father: Premadasa Puncha Born: 1937	Paternal Grandfather: Allewathegomme Pallegiddere Puncha Born: 1890	Paternal Great-grandfather:
			Paternal Great-grandmother:
		Paternal Grandmother: Elisabeth Puncha Born: ?	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Elisabeth Puncha Born: ?	Paternal Great-grandmother:
	Mother: Dagmar Puncha Born:	Maternal Grandfather: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
		Maternal Grandfather: Born:	Maternal Great-grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother: Born:	Maternal Great-grandfather:
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant trainer Bodidasa Suwaneris Puncha in Italy. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=171. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://roar.media/english/life/culture-identities/the-extraordinary-life-of-banda-the-elephant-whisperer

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From the list of elephant persons Family: Puncha

Bodidasa Vidane s ancestral Ahnentafel:

References

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