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Bellanwila Chandru — Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple | mahoot

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Bellanwila Chandru

Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple · Sri Lanka

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Life history

Born: 1951
Death: 2013-06-05
Death reason: accident: struck down by lightning?
Origin: Wild-caught

At this facility

Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple

Sri Lanka · Temple

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Transfer history

Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya temple
from Dehiwela Zoo

Sources

1953 Ceylon Administration report, Sri Lanka national Archives, Colombo.
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2006/08/27/pow04.asp
http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2018/02/11/features/ven-bellanwila-wimalarathana-thera-nature-lover

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Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.