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Madhu (Muthiyangana)

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Deceased

Madhu (Muthiyangana)
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A photo of a Sri Lankan Elephant — not this animal

A 28-year-old tusker of the Muthiyangana Rajamaha Vihara in Mahiyangana, donated in 1999 by former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake. He took part in peraheras at the Sri Dalada Maligawa, Muthiyangana and Mahiyangana. In September 2024 he died after falling into an abandoned pit covered with a concrete slab in a home garden at Hasalaka, where his mahout had taken him to feed on kitul.

Sources

  1. Muthiyangana Rajamaha Vihara tusker falls to death in abandoned pit — Daily Mirror, 14 Sep 2024