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Naming and house-warming ceremony of the tenth white elephant was held at the Yadana White Elephant Hall in the precinct of Uppatasandi Pagoda, Nay Pyi Taw on 30 October.
The auspicious ceremony was attended by SAC Chairman Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife.
At the ceremony, the baby white elephant walked around the pagoda clockwise at the ceremony to protect the baby from all dangers. The Senior General and officials sprinkled scented water on the white elephant and the alternate chair of Pagoda Board of Trustees spread popcorns on the calf. And the officials placed the little white elephant at the auspicious location in the White Elephant Hall.
In the meaning of “Rathanadaka” which the title of baby white elephant, (Ratha =country, nandaka = love, pleasantness). Hence, the name means “Our beloved white elephant that will bring prosperity to the nation”.
The baby white elephant was born at 6.30 am on 23 July 2022 of 33-year-old Zarnan Hla, a female elephant, from an elephant camp of Myanmar Timer Enterprise in Taungup Township, Rakhine State.
At the time of his birth, the height of the baby white elephant was 2 feet 5 inches, width 3 feet 1 inch, and weight 180 pounds. Of the eight unique features — – pearl-coloured eyes, plantain branch-shaped back, white hair, a distinctive tail, auspicious plot signs on the skin, soft pink-coloured skin, each front limb having five claws and each back limb having four claws, and big ears — of a white elephant, the baby has seven. The baby is now three months and seven days old, and the baby’s height is 2 feet 10 inches, width 4 feet 2 inches and weight 265 pounds. The baby arrived in Nay Pyi Taw together with his mother on 27 October. The white elephant is happily staying at the While Elephant Hall and the baby is fit and healthy. The baby is the tenth white elephant.
