A tusker from India, one of two calves the Maharaja of Mysore gave to a Sri Lankan physician-monk; the other calf became Nadungamuwa Raja. He later came to the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya temple and was named when the Colombo Navam Perahera began in 1978. He carried the sacred casket at the Kandy Esala Perahera and the relics at the Navam Perahera, and also walked in the Kataragama Esala Perahera. He died of a stomach ailment at the temple on 8 July 2011, aged 55.