The President presented the Scroll to the Diyawadana Nilame Pradeep Nilanga Dela during a ceremony held at the historic Magul Maduwa.

This Tusker elephant donated to Sri Lanka by Myanmar, responding to a request made by the President to State Counselor of Myanmar and the Minister of Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi, when he attended the BRICS-BIMSTEC outreach summit held in Goa, India.

This Tusker elephant named “Pan Shwe Maung” in Myanmar is 24 year old and 8 feet high.

This Tusker Elephant arrived from Myanmar on August 18, and kept in a special enclosure within the premises of the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.