Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrasekharan

Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrasekharan (c. 1980) is one of the tallest elephants in Kerala owned by Thiruvambadi Temple.[1][2]

Not to be confused with his predecessor elephant with same name, Thiruvambadi Chandrasekharan.
Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrasekharan
SpeciesElephas maximus (Asian Elephant)
SexMale
Bornc. 1980
Bihar, India
Nation fromIndia
Known forThrissur Pooram, Poorams
PredecessorThiruvambadi Chandrasekharan
Thiruvambadi Sivasundar
OwnerThiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple
Height3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)

Following the death of Thiruvambadi Sivasundar in 2018, Chandrasekharan carried the idol for Thiruvambadi sector on behalf of the temple.[3] Cheriya Chandrasekharan is named after the elephant Thiruvambady Chandrasekharan" (now known as Thiruvambadi Valiya Chandrasekharan), who died in 2002.[4] The elephant was bought from a circus group of Bihar in 1999 at the age of 20 and was later dedicated to the temple in 2007.[5]

References
  1. "Thrissur Pooram: Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrasekharan thrives in the absence of Shivasunder". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. "Thiruvambadi Chandrasekharan to main attraction in thrissur pooram". malayalam.news18.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  3. "Thrissur ready for Pooram; Thiruvambadi Bhagavathy's great Thiruvambadi's own Chandrasekaran carry the idol in absence of Sivasundar". BIGNEWSLIVE | Latest Malayalam News. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  4. "പൂരത്തിന് തിരുവമ്പാടി ഭഗവതിയുടെ തിടമ്പേറ്റുന്നത് തിരുവമ്പാടിയുടെ ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ". www.manoramanews.com (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  5. "Stars of pooram up close and personal - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10.


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