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Nine-time winner of elephant race, tusker Gopikannan of Guruvayur Devaswom dies

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Friday 30 May, 2025 | 11:12 AM READ MALAYALAM VERSION
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THRISSUR: Tusker Gopikannan of the Guruvayur Devaswom has died. The tusker died Friday morning at 4.30 am at Guruvayur Anakotta. The elephant collapsed while being chained in musth. Gopikannan is a nine-time winner of the elephant race.

Gopikannan won the elephant race in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2024. Thrissur Nandilath M G Gopalakrishnan offered the tusker to the temple on September 3 in 2001.

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