A tusker owned by S.R.S. Millangoda, who bought him at about four years old at a public auction at the Dehiwala Zoo in 1956; his official name, Jayanthi, comes from that Sambuddha Jayanthi year. He stood about 9 feet tall and walked in many temple processions around the island. From 2016 he carried sacred relics in the Kandy Esala Perahera, and in 2017 he carried the Sacred Tooth Relic casket for the first time. He died on 29 June 2020.