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Perahera procession Raja is cared for by Wilson Kodithuwakku popularly known as Kalu Mama for more than 15 years. Indika Jayasinghe from Polgahawela worked as the helper of Kalu Mama. Before participating to much popular Kandy Esala Perahera, Raja continuously participated for many perahera festivals in Gamapaha and Colombo and joined the procession of the Sabaragamuwa Maha Saman Devalaya in 1985. However in 2005, Raja started to join Kandy Esala Perahera at a request of Pradeep Nilanga Dela. Since then, Raja participated in the Kandy Esala Perahera for more than a decade. The elephant was 52 years old when it first went to the Kandy Perahera.[1] On all these occasions the elephant traveled to Kandy, covering a distance of about 90 km on foot from Weliweriya Gampaha to Kandy. However, due to a road accident in 2016, the government provided military protection to the elephant when it arrived in Kandy. Raja always left the Nedungamuwa Palace after the monks and employers worship by sprinkling Pirith and tying Pirith strings.[2] The relics casket was carried 13 times by the tusker during the Dalada Perahera and the last time the casket was carried in 2021.