An elephant of the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya near Colombo who took part in the temple’s annual perahera and its rituals for many years and became a well-loved part of its traditions. She died on the afternoon of 6 October 2025; Ada Derana gave her age as about 76. (Reports differ on details: the Sunday Observer in 2019 described Manika as a female elephant who travelled from Wadduwa, while Ada Derana called the animal a tusker.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An elephant of the Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya near Colombo who took part in the temple’s annual perahera and its rituals for many years and became a well-loved part of its traditions. She died on the afternoon of 6 October 2025; Ada Derana gave her age as about 76. (Reports differ on details: the Sunday Observer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-14089","sw_named","type-sw_named","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sw_named\/14089","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\/14089\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sriwild.tharulk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}