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Mysuru’s Royal Gift: How Nadungamuwa Raja Became A Sri Lankan Legend
Before becoming a revered tusker in Sri Lanka, Nadungamuwa Raja was a young elephant calf from Mysuru. Gifted to a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk in the 1950s, he went on to carry Buddha’s sacred relic and become one of Sri La
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Before becoming a revered tusker in Sri Lanka, Nadungamuwa Raja was a young elephant calf from Mysuru. Gifted to a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk in the 1950s, he went on to carry Buddha’s sacred relic and become one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic elephants.
Nadungamuwa Raja’s story began in Mysuru during the 1950s. He was reportedly just one-and-a-half to two years old and lived at Mysuru Zoo before an extraordinary turn of events took the young elephant across the sea to Sri Lanka. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
According to Mysuru-based elephant enthusiast Guruprasad Tumhumbasoge, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk reportedly helped cure an illness affecting someone close to the Mysuru royal family. Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar later gifted two elephant calves to the monk. (Image: Instagram/@srilankan_official_photography)