[1][2] Padayappa, who occasionally roams on populated areas and creates traffic blocks on highways, does not harass or become aggressive.

[5] Padayappa can be easily spotted because of his limp due to an injury on his hind leg and his unusually long tusks.

[6][7] The elephant is identified by his name Padayappa even in the forest department circles.

[8] Padayappa came to the media's notice in 2015, when the elephant discovered a sackful of carrots that the shopkeepers had hidden from him by the riverside.

[9][10] On 5 April 2022, Padayappa jumped in front of a KSRTC bus coming to Munnar.