Sindu and Raju are not the only elephants handed over to the Dalada Maligawa at the request of the Diyawadana Nilames (DN). In 2007, the Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) came under pressure ...

Dalada Maligawa mahouts are still recovering from the shock over the killing of a fellow mahout by tusker Indiraja. Indiraja was gifted to Sri Lanka by Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1987. The ...