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Millangoda Raja

මිල්ලන්ගොඩ රාජා மில்லங்கொட ராஜா

Deceased

Millangoda Raja
Sumudusoyza007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
A photo of a Sri Lankan Elephant — not this animal

A privately owned tusker of the Millangoda family of Molagoda, Kegalle, captured as a young elephant in 1945 in the Puttalam district. He was famous for tusks of about 7.5 to 8 feet, reported as among the longest of any Asian elephant. He walked in the Kandy Esala Perahera for about 40 years and carried the Sacred Tooth Relic casket. He died in 2011 and his preserved body is kept in a museum at Molagoda.

Sources

  1. Millangoda Raja — Wikipedia
  2. Millangoda Raja dies (tusker with largest tusks in Asia) — Ada Derana, 3 Aug 2011
  3. Millangoda Atha also known as Loku Raja — Sunday Times (Funday Times), Dec 2010
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