Wikipedia:Thirunakkara Sivan

Thirunakkara Sivan (c. 1966) is an elephant owned by the Thirunakkara Sree Mahadevar Temple, Kottayam, which is governed by the Travancore devaswom board. With an height of 304 cm, Sivan is known for his large broadened ears and is one of the tallest and most popular captive elephants presently living in Kerala.

Sivan was bought by the Thirunakkara temple from the Kodanad elephant training centre on 17 October 1990 for around ₹1.10 lakhs. His pet name at Kodanad was Thankappan which was later changed to Sivan after he was bought by the temple. He has participated in several poorams which includes the famous Thrissur pooram. On the occasion of Sivan's 50th birthday in 2016, he was honoured by other elephants from the stables of Travancore Devaswom Board. Sivan was also bestowed with a new honorific title called "Pundarika Shurpakarna Elayaraja Gajaprajapathi".

Incidents and health problems
In November 2019, Sivan, who was taken back from a temple in Kottayam after attending festival there, ran amoke and killed his first in-charge Mahout. He also attacked a private bus, but no one was injured. Sivan was later chained back by his former Mahout after causing panick for several hours.

In October 2020, a photograph of physically weakened Sivan came out. He was seen standing with visible bones and flies crawling over his wounded leg. Some elephant lovers alleged that happened as a part of some private lobby's plan to eliminate Sivan. They also alleged that as a part of this, Shivan were not allowed to participate in Thrissur pooram and his mahouts were even changed frequently.