
Galgamuwe Chandi, also called Eka Danthaya (“the single-tusked one”), was a wild tusker from Ehetuwewa in the Galgamuwa area. Wildlife officials moved him away several times, to Somawathiya in 2009 and to the Horowpathana holding ground in 2015 and 2018, but he walked back home each time; in 2009 he covered about 243 km in 28 days. He became known for raiding villages for illicit liquor (kasippu). He died in July 2024 near Kaduru Wewa in Galgamuwa after a fight with another tusker.