{"id":14084,"date":"2026-11-09T14:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/named-animals\/wasana-kataragama\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T09:03:24","slug":"wasana-kataragama","status":"publish","type":"sw_named","link":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/named-animals\/wasana-kataragama\/","title":{"rendered":"Kataragama Wasana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tusker of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya, bought in 1977 by former minister Vimala Kannangara and gifted to the Devalaya. He has carried the Sacred Tooth Relic casket in the Kandy Esala Perahera, including the final Randoli Perahera of 2023, and is often called one of the tallest tamed tuskers in Sri Lanka. In May 2025 about 12 inches of his right tusk broke off. In September 2026, when he was 58, the Devalaya decided to release him only for major processions such as the Kandy Esala Perahera to protect his health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tusker of the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya, bought in 1977 by former minister Vimala Kannangara and gifted to the Devalaya. He has carried the Sacred Tooth Relic casket in the Kandy Esala Perahera, including the final Randoli Perahera of 2023, and is often called one of the tallest tamed tuskers in Sri Lanka. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-14084","sw_named","type-sw_named","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named\/14084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sw_named"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named\/14084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}