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<div>{{Infobox animal<br />
|name = Thiruvambadi Sivasundar (Pookodan Shivan)<br />
|image = ThiruvambadyShivasundar.JPG<br />
|caption = Thiruvambadi Sivasundar in 2012<br />
|species = [[Indian elephant]]<br />
|gender = Male<ref name="kaumudi.com">{{cite web|url=http://kaumudi.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=104599|title=Thiruvambadi Sivasundar dies|website=kaumudi.com}}</ref><br />
|birth_date = {{circa}} 1972, Kodanadu Forest Range.<br />
|death_date = March 11, 2018<br />
|death_place = [[Thrissur]], Kerala, India<br />
|nationality = [[India]]<br />
|occupation = <br />
|predecessor = <br />
|successor = [[Thiruvambadi Cheriya Chandrasekharan]]<br />
|employer = [[Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple]]<br />
|years_active = <br />
|weight = <br />
|height = {{height|m=3.06|precision=0}}<br />
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}}<br />
'''Thiruvambadi Sivasundar''' ({{circa}} 1964 — March 11, 2018)<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sivasundar-a-legend-vanishes/article23281883.ece|title=Sivasundar, a legend vanishes|first=Mini|last=Muringatheri|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 March 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> was an Indian elephant who lived at the [[Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple]] in Thrissur, Kerala, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-s-celebrated-temple-elephant-thiruvambadi-sivasundar-passes-away-77831|title=Kerala's celebrated temple elephant Thiruvambadi Sivasundar passes away|date=12 March 2018|publisher=}}</ref>And its known as Azhakinde thamburan because of his beauty and its also known as pooranayakan.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He was first named '''Pookkodan Sivan''' and once worked at a timber factory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/districts/thrissur/2018/03/12/when-thiruvambadi-sivasundar-walked-into-the-forest-in-protest.html|title=When Thiruvambadi Sivasundar walked into the forest in protest|publisher=}}</ref> In 2003, he was purchased by businessman [[Sundar Menon]] for ₹28 [[lakh]]. Menon then gave him as an offering to the deity at the Thiruvambadi Sri Krishna Temple.<ref name="auto"/> From then on, he carried the idol on behalf of the temple during Thrissur's annual [[Pooram]] festival.<br />
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==Death==<br />
He died at 1:30 am, on March 11, 2018. He was experiencing constipation and losing weight for the last 67 days of his life, during which time he was receiving treatment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sivasundar-a-legend-vanishes/article23283876.ece|title = Sivasundar, a legend vanishes|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 18 March 2018|last1 = Muringatheri|first1 = Mini}}</ref><ref name="kaumudi.com"/><br />
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Thousands of people attended his funeral.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/thiruvambadi-sivasundar-dies/article23041698.ece|title=Legendary elephant Thiruvambadi Sivasundar dies|author=Staff Reporter|newspaper=The Hindu|date=11 March 2018|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> It was then taken to [[Kodanad]] in Kerala where he was cremated and his ashes buried.<ref name="kaumudi.com"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Animals in Hinduism]]<br />
[[Category:Individual elephants]]<br />
[[Category:Elephants in Indian culture]]<br />
[[Category:Individual animals in India]]<br />
[[Category:Guruvayur]]<br />
[[Category:Elephants in religion]]<br />
[[Category:Elephants in Kerala]]<br />
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