Gopal

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☨ Gopal
Profession	camp mahout
Personal details
Born	2004? in India

Dead	2024-10 in India

Residence
Country	India

Locations
Title	mahout -2024
Location	at Bannerghatta Biological Park Zoo in India

Biography details

Gopal , camp mahout in India

was born * 2004? in India dead 2024-10 , in India .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Sampath (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

2024-10-23: mahout Gopal fatal attack by Sampath. Eye witnesses stated that Gopal was bathing his elephant Sampath (10) on the banks of the river and was seated on him. The elephant suddenly panicked, rose up and began to run into the water. Gopal, who was sitting on Sampath’s back when he got up, slipped into the water and was pushed further into the deep. Gopal † Gopal Died 2024-10

Gopal, a 20-year-old kavadi (elephant keeper) died on Wednesday morning, after he fell off the elephant he was bathing in Seegakatte lake in Bannerghatta Biological Park. Eye witnesses stated that Gopal was bathing his elephant Sampath (10) on the banks of the river and was seated on him. The elephant suddenly panicked, rose up and began to run into the water. Gopal, who was sitting on Sampath’s back when he got up, slipped into the water and was pushed further into the deep. Belonging to the family of Jainu Kurubas, his brother is also a kavadi in BBP and they are second-generation animal handlers, who work with the forest department

Gopal is mentioned on 1 other person pagesS. Gopalan,

Gopal is mentioned on 5 location pagesGreat Bombay Circus, Mathigodu elephant Camp, P. S. Jayagopal, Rajaji National Park, Rajkamal Circus,

Gopal is mentioned on 5 elephant record pagesBalarama, Chawang (Lasah), Gopalaswamy, Nanu Eezhuthassan Sivasankaran, Yashaswi,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). mahout Gopal in India. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3846. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2024/Oct/24/karnataka-kavadi-dies-while-bathing-elephant-in-bannerghatta-biological-park

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