Royal White Elephant: Rattha Nandaka healthy and happy with his mother

The royal white elephant, "Rattha Nandaka," turned one year and two months old.

Rahta Nandaka was born from a 33-year-old female elephant called Zar Nan Hla, kept by the Myanma Timber Enterprise in Taungup Township of Rakhine State on July 23, 2022. The baby elephant stands at two feet and five inches in height, three feet and one inch in girth, with a birth weight of about 180 pounds.

It possesses seven out of eight unique characteristics of white elephants, such as pearl-colored eyes, a plantain branch-shaped back, white hair, a distinctive tail, auspicious plot signs on the skin, reddish-brown or pinkish skin, five claws on the front legs and four on the back legs, and big ears. Rattha Nandaka arrived at Nay Pyi Taw on 27th October 2022 together with his mother.

At present, his height has grown to 3 feet and 11 inches, 6 feet and 5 inches in girth and his weight is 831 pounds. He is now living happily at the Royal White Elephant Hall of Royal White Elephant Garden in Nay Pyi Taw.

He is living healthy and happy with his mother elephant. It is reported that the baby white elephant Rattha Nandaka has been tamed since childhood and is being trained by the Peace Human and Elephant Interaction Training system to be much tamer.