Tusker Thiruvambady Sivasundar passes away

THRISSUR: Thiruvambady Sivasundar, one of the most popular captive elephants in Kerala, died on Sunday morning.
The 48-year-old tusker was undergoing treatment for impaction for the past 67 days. According to veterinarian Dr P B Giridas, the elephant had developed diarrhoea on Saturday.

Sivasundar had been holding the thidambu (replica of idol) for the Thiruvambady side in the famed Thrissur Pooram for the past 15 years. With a height of 306 cms, Sivasundar was one of the tallest and majestic captive elephants in the state, and a highly-sought-after tusker for temple festivals across the state.

The elephant was offered to Thiruvambady temple by NRI entrepreneur T A Sundar Menon more than 15 years ago.

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