Tusker Mian Raja

Tusker Mian Raja - Mr. Sudu's in the elephant barn

He is the Mian Raja of the historic Sri Dalada Palace, who has won the love of all of us. 

It was donated to the country in 2007 by the Myanmar government, the then Prime Minister of Myanmar, Lt. Gen. Thesing Yesing.

As a regular member of the Esala Perahera Festival, he was lucky enough to carry the Perahera Karaduva once.

That is, in the 2020 Poson Perahera Festival, he was also crowned as Magulatu in the palace. But still we could not carry the Perahera Karadau in the Esala Perahera Festival and we hope that it will surely be lucky in the future.

Tusker Digha 2

Digha 2, a royal tusker  king who lived in the Kalawewa National Park and had a pair of sharp tusks like two swords spread out on both sides, has now disappeared.  Finally, it has been almost 4 years since Digha 2 was reported in 2019 and there is still no evidence as to whether Digha 2 is alive or not.

Some say that Digha 2 is dead, but no acceptable evidence has been found.  Digha 2's pair of sharp tusks made many elephants afraid to fight with him, and Digha 2 killed an elephant in 2018 by stabbing him with his tusks.  Due to this, Digha 2 tried to take the kingship of Kalawewa, but Kalawewa still had a king.  That was, Revata is the king of tuskers. 

In the year 2020, a fierce conflict between two tuskers was reported from Kalawewa, one of which was identified as Revatha.  But it was not possible to identify the other tusker and after that a dead body of a tusker was found in Kalavewa.  Many people thought that this was Digha 2 tusker, but it was impossible to say for sure as the body had already deteriorated by then.  However, the tusker's body had deep tusks and the tusks of the Revata tusker  king were not so deep.  Therefore, it cannot be said that it was Revatha's blow.  Also, if there was a fight between Digha 2 and Revata, no matter how strong Revata is, there should be at least an injury due to the couple of Digha 2.  Revatha is a stronger tusker  than Barana, but his absence of any injuries will further complicate this mystery.

Also, a fact that further complicates this mystery is the injured tusker king who was reported in Siambalangamuwa Ussagala area in April 2020.  Information was reported by the villagers that a tusker king who is believed to be roaming near the base of Digha 2 with a wound as big as a large gash in the Usagala area.  The villagers called him the tusker of Kalawewa and the tusker  king could not be seen later.  However, the wound on that foot was very big and smelly, and if the tusker king died from it, where is the tusker's body?  Where is that tusks  couple?  If there is a tusker  in Kalaveva, could it be Digha 2?  It will further complicate this mystery.  

However, it has been almost 4 years since Digha 2 disappeared and all of us who love elephants do not want to believe that Digha 2 is dead.  All of us are still hoping for Digha 2. 

 

Tusker Megha

Deduru Oya dynasty's Megha tusker 

It's been 4 years since last June 20th that the Megha tusker  King who was a royal tusker  king belonging to the Deduru Oya generation who lived in Wilpattu National Park. 

Digha 1 , 2 as well as the killed Siambalangamuwa tusker , this Deduru Oya generation royal tusker king is also known as Vayadikulam tusker and his normal migration process is to come to Wilpattu National Park through Vyadikulam, Thekkama and then migrate back to Wilachchiya area.  

The right ear was also rotted, unable to stand due to severe head injuries after a duel with another tusker or an elephant with worm tusks.  

Although the officials of Anuradhapura Veterinary Unit and Wilpattu National Park tried to cure the tusker king, the tusker king died on June 20, 2020.  

This royal tusker, who was aged between 55-60 years at the time of death, was one of the most valuable resources in this country, which owned a couple of long tusks. 

That is the law of nature.  

That is the law of the jungle.  The weak will lose and the strong will win.