Abhimanyu (elephant)

Abhimanyu (born c. 1964) is an Asian elephant who, from 2020, has been the lead elephant and the carrier of the Golden Howdah at the Mysore Dasara. Abhimanyu is also said to be the leading kumki elephant in India, playing a crucial role in more than 300 elephant captures and more than 80 tiger captures all over India. And abhimanyu captured 99% of Karnataka elephants including famous elephant like gajendra, balarama,rowdi ranga, shrikant, babruvahana etc, Abhimanyu was also the lead elephant in the last migration capture operation in Madhya Pradesh, India.^[3]

Abhimanyu

Species	Asian elephant
Sex	Male
Born	c. 1964 (age 60–61)[1]
Nation from	Indian
Occupation	Golden Howdah Carrier, Karnataka forest AK47, tiger capturing (80+) & Elephant capturing (300+)success leader and lead(captain)elephant in the last migration capture operation in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Years active	2025
Successor	Mahendra
Weight	5,560 kg (12,260 lb)[2]
Height	2.72 m (8 ft 11 in)
Named after	Abhimanyu

See also

• List of individual elephants