Ceremonial Tusker Nadungamuwe Raja passes away

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Ceremonial Tusker Nadungamuwe Raja passes away​

Mar 07, Colombo: Nadungamuwe Raja, the Ceremonial Tusker carrying the sacred Tooth Relic casket at the Esala Perahera has died at around 5.30 this morning (7).

The tusker, who was 69 years old at the time of his death, had carried the casket 13 times in the Dalada Perahera and the last time the coffin was carried was last year.

The 69-year-old elephant was considered to be the largest elephant in Asia and was taken on foot every year on the 90 kilometer journey from his home in Nadungamuwe to Kandy for the Perahera for his safety.

The owner of the tusker, Dr. Harsha Dharmavijaya said the last rites of the elephant will be announced later.

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Tusker Nadungamuwa Raja dies​

Mar 7, 2022
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Nadungamuwa Raja dies​

7 March 2022 09:11 am

Nadungamuwa Vijaya Raja, popularly known as Nadungamuwa Raja passed away this morning, the caretaker of the elephant Harsha Dharmawijeya said.
He said the elephant died at 5.30 am today following a brief illness.

"The majestic animal did not have previous illness, but it did not take any food during yesterday and breathed for the last time," he said.
The elephant's death was informed to the wildlife department, since the elephant was a property of the government, Dharmawijeya said.

The burial date will be announced after inspection by wildlife officials, the caretaker said.

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Nadungamuwa Raja Tusker – The Tallest Tamed Tusker​

In 1953, Nadungamuwa Raja has born in Mysore as an Indian Elephant and is being lived at around 65 years old.Nadungamuwa Raja is a world famous Elephant as the tallest tamed tuskers he has. Raja is the main Elephant who is adopted the Ark in Esala Pageant. He is the tallest tamed Tusker in height of 10.3 feet in Sri Lanka and he has own armed guards.He was walked 25 to 30 km for a day and at Night is travelled mostly like him when it is cooler.

Let’s go back to his story​

Raja was born in the stables of Maharaja. He was one of two baby elephants gifted to a physician monk from the Nilammahara Temple in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka, who had travelled to the maharajah’s estates to heal the ailing aristocrat. The two young elephants were shipped to Sri Lanka. When the monk could no longer afford to keep the two animals, they were sold, and Raja ended up at the timber factory, perhaps to repay an ancient karmic debt.

However, the business at the factory was down and his owner had been put him up for sale. Dr. Darmavijaya was interested in purchasing the elephant and the encounter was a defining moment. Thus Raja changed owners and the year 1978 he was moved to his new home which is the grounds of the physician’s estate in Nadungamuwa in the Western Province of Sri Lanka.

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Nadungamuwa Raja is a world famous Elephant as the tallest tamed tuskers he has. Raja is the main Elephant who is adopted the Ark in Esala Pageant.

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Nadungamuwe Raja wird zum Nationalschatz ernannt​

Präsident Gotabaya Rajapaksa hat dem Ministerium für Buddhasasana, religiöse und kulturelle Angelegenheiten geraten, den verstorbenen zeremoniellen Elefant "Nadungamuwe Raja" als Nationalschatz zu benennen.

Darüber hinaus hatte er festgestellt, die Überreste des Tusker für zukünftige Generationen zu bewahren....

Nadungamuwe Raja to be named a National Treasure

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