Sri Lanka’s most sacred elephant will be stuffed and put on display after dying aged 68

Specialists in Sri Lanka have requested a state memorial service after the country's most sacrosanct elephant passed on Monday, saying the creature's remaining parts will be full and saved for any kind of family down the line.

Nadungamuwa Raja, which passed on at 68 years old close to Colombo, was viewed as the biggest subdued elephant in Asia and was 10.5ft tall. It assumed a significant part in Buddhist strict occasions and was one of the most celebrated elephants during its lifetime.

The elephant conveyed the primary coffin bearing the heavenly tooth remnant of Lord Buddha in the yearly Esala Perahera show, a significant strict occasion that was a significant vacation destination in the city of Kandy.

The creature strolled in the show encompassed by fire-eaters and drummers and even had its security detail. The event happens in July, and Raja took part for a considerable length of time, as per the Press Trust of India.

In a proclamation on Twitter, president Gotabaya Rajapaksa said: "Ruler of Elephants, who has been venerated by individuals of the nation and abroad for a long time, I wish you to achieve the incomparable Nirvana of a future soul by the motivation of the respectable deed conveyed out of appreciation for the Sacred Ark at the Temple of the Tooth!"

Mr Rajapaksa's office said that the president had taught that the body of the tusker is safeguarded for people in the future and named it "an irreplaceable asset".

Raja's remaining parts would be given over to taxidermists for stuffing after Buddhist memorial service customs are performed, as indicated by AFP.

Custom appoints that main elephants with explicit actual attributes can be chosen for this job, reported The Guardian. These elephants need to have a level back, extraordinarily bent tusks and when they stand, each of the seven places of the elephant-their four legs, trunk, penis and tail - should contact the ground.