Royal White Elephant: RahtaNandaka turns two years and six months old

The royal white elephant "RahtaNandaka" is now two years and six months old. He stands 4 feet 9 inches tall, has a girth of 7 feet 4 inches, and weighs about 1,474 pounds.

RahtaNandaka was born on July 23, 2022, to a 33-year-old female elephant named Zar Nan Hla, who is kept by the Myanma Timber Enterprise in Taungup Township, Rakhine State.

At birth, he measured 2 feet 5 inches in height, had a girth of 3 feet 1 inch, and weighed about 180 pounds.Out of the eight characteristics of white elephants, he meets seven unique features, including pearl-colored eyes, a plantain branch-shaped back, white hair, a distinctive tail, auspicious marks on the skin, reddish-brown or pinkish skin, five claws on the front legs and four on the back legs, and large ears.RahtaNandaka lives happily with his mother.

As a white elephant raised alongside people, he is being nurtured through "Peace Human and Elephant Interaction Training" to become more accustomed to human interaction.