Millangoda Raja
Domesticated in Molagoda, Kegalle
- 2.75m
- Height
- 2.29m
- Tusks
Main casket bearer of the Kandy Esala Perahera before Nadungamuwa Raja, and among the longest-tusked captive Asian elephants of his time. His tusks grew so long that they struck the ground when he fed. Gentle outside musth, and fond of jaggery and toffees.
- Born
- 1938
- Died
- 30 July 2011
- Age at death
- 73
- Captured
- 1945, aged about 6–7, in Nawagaththegama, Anamaduwa (Puttalam), in a herd of 19
- Owners
- Millangoda family of Molagoda, from M. R. A. Millangoda Appuhamy
- Perahera
- About 40 years in Kandy peraheras; Esala casket bearer 1998–2008
- Place of death
- Kegalle, aged about 73
- Preserved at
- Museum at the Millangoda Elephant Village, Molagoda
Approximate
