The most famous of the Temple of the Tooth’s tuskers. He carried the golden relic casket at the Esala Perahera for 34 years, from 1953 to 1986. When he died in 1988 a national day of mourning was declared, and his preserved body is displayed in a museum within the Temple of the Tooth complex in Kandy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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