Tusker Sanka
Tusker Sanka has died at Ambanpola, Kadahathagama in Sri Lanka.(2023/06/18 6am) He is a close friend of Tusker Kawanthissa the largest in Sri Lanka. Tusker Sanka has fall to a pit and has damaged to the internal organs. There by due internal bleedings,tusker died. He is a great loss to SriLankan Tusker Family. There were some bullets in his body. Much pain could had him there.
The king of Athgale in the Kandyu,
Born in an elephant training center in Mudumale, Tamil Nadu, India, Indi Raja elephant was donated to Sri Dalada Palace in 1986 on the advice of the former Prime Minister of India, the late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi. At that time, this elephant was about 6 years old. Has the name "Bashir".
This elephant was qualified for the Perehara Karaduwa at a young age. This elephant, who is about 39 years old, is more than 9 feet tall.
A bit harsh manners.This elephant, who knows the language spoken by the elephants of India and Sri Lanka and the common human language, claims to be the leader of the class of elephants in Sri Dalada Palace.
Indi Raja also known as Indiraja, is an Indian elephant.Indiraja is a main casket bearer of the Kandy Esala Perahera,
an annual religious procession held to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, at the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in which he carried the main casket many times.He is also the leading tusker of the elephant troop at the Temple of the Tooth.
The tusker was born around 1980 in India and was gifted to the Temple of the Tooth by Former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi to then-President JR Jayawardena at a solemn ceremony in July 1987.[Indi Raja was only 6 years when he was gifted to Sri Lanka.In his younger days, Indiraja was docile though playful.
He is the second most senior elephant in Dalada Maligawa troop, after Janaraja.
The longest pair of tusks in South Asia "Raja of Millangoda" (1945 - 2011)
Millangoda Raja is an elephant who lived in Sri Lanka and was considered to be the longest tusked elephant in Asia during his lifetime. In the year 1945, this elephant was captured in a forest in the Anamaduwa Nawakathtagama area of Puttalam district and then owned to S.R. Millangoda Appuhami.who lived in Molagoda, Kegalle.
At that time, the class of elephants in Hunupitiya Gangarama Vihara, Colombo
Hunupitiya Gangarama Temple is located in the Colombo District of the Western Province
The temple is a magnificent and beautiful temple with a long historyIt became famous when the head of the temple, Galaboda Gnanessara, became the leader of the temple.
Since then Navam Raja, Ruwan Raja, Atula For many celebrities like Kalu Amma, Batti, Maharagama Sita in Wennappuwa Gangarama Temple, Hunupitiya, Colombo
While owning Ganga Atanniage, who is still a beautiful elephant princess This temple is also owned.Hunupitiya Gangarama is shown below Navam Raja Athu, Atula, which belonged to the temple
Elephants, batti elephants, black mother elephants
The four elephants who went to the temple A photo taken while in possession.
As of today, from these four people Not a single elephant is alive.
Wild Tusker "Agbo"
ANURADHAPURA, Sri Lanka — “He is a king without a crown.” This is how wildlife lovers refer to the majestic elephant Agbo, named after a king from an ancient kingdom of humans overlapping with some areas of Agbo’s home range in north-central Sri Lanka.
Agbo is among the largest Sri Lankan tuskers, so there was no challenge for him in the wilderness, but one fateful day, Agbo fell victim to a trap gun set by a hunter.
Sumana Pinnawala
This elephant was found wandering in a Tirappane forest in Maradankada and was brought to the Elephant Orphanage on May 19, 1997.
He was a 3-year-old baby elephant when he was found. Patrons of the Elephant Orphanage named him "Sumana".
Now he is a 30-year-old young man.
An ornament to the Elephant Orphanage is a sign that attracts tax-paying tourists.
Today is the annual new rice festival at the historic Senkadagalapura Sri Dalanda Palace, where Lord Dalada offers new rice.
The New Rice Festival, which is considered the first of the four annual festivals held for the noble Tooth until the Sun and Moon remain in accordance with the Udarata Rajajna, is held in the month of Vas Duruthu, when the rain begins at the beginning of the rainy season.
