")[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] Raja was captured at a jungle in Nawagaththegama, Anamaduwa, Puttalam District in 1945 when he was six or seven years old.

[5] In Raja's herd, nineteen elephants were captured, 15 of them were sold in Anamaduwa Wev Pitiya.

At that time, the herdsmen had mentioned that when he was sick, he was given figs, leaves and jackfruits to eat.

It is said that the then President Mahinda Rajapaksa gave him energy foods through the Wildlife Department.

After showing the Atapirikara to the elephant, it was gently touched and presented to the Buddhist monks.

His corpse was preserved and placed on public display in a museum, which was constructed by Ananda Millangoda at the Elephant Village in Molagoda, Kegalle.