Raja

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Raja
Profession	temple mahout
Personal details
Born	?
Country	India

Locations
Title	mahout -2021
Location	at Srivilliputhur Andal temple in India

Biography details

Raja , temple mahout in India

Born ? .

2022: Joymala, an elephant from Assam, was gifted to the Srivilliputhur temple in Virudhunagar district ten years ago.

Last year, the elephant was in the news when a video of her handler, Raja, brutally attacking the elephant went viral. This led to his removal.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). mahout Raja in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1925. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/temple-elephant-attacked-handler-second-time-tamil-nadu-video-1961372-2022-06-12

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