Millangoda Raja | |
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| Main casket bearer of the procession of Esala | |
| In office 1998–2008 | |
| Preceded by | Heiyantuduwa Raja |
| Succeeded by | Nadungamuwa Raja |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1938 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) |
| Died | 30 July 2011 (aged 73) Kegalle, Sri Lanka |
| Resting place | Elephant Village, Molagoda, Kegalle |
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Millangoda Raja (c. 1938 – 30 July 2011: Sinhala: මිල්ලන්ගොඩ රාජා), also known as Millangoda tusker, was a Sri Lankan elephant. Over 9 feet tall and with 7.5 foot (2.3 meters) long tusks, he was considered to be among the longest tusked captive Asian elephant during his lifetime. ("The longest African elephant tusk measured around 3.5m, the longest woolly mammoth tusk measured around 4m and the longest Asiatic elephant tusk measured around 3m.")[1][2][3] The tusker was one of the main casket bearers of the procession of Esala, an annual procession held to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha, held in Kandy, Sri Lanka.[4]
- ^ "Africa Geographic, Africa's big tuskers". africageographic.com. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Super Tusker Elephants: Saving the last of Africa's great megafauna".
- ^ George Dian Balan. "'The World As It Once Was".
- ^ "An elegy to Millangoda Raja". archives.dailynews.lk. Retrieved 15 March 2022.