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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thilina Sandaruwan" data-source="post: 7277129" data-attributes="member: 131814"><img src="http://samindaw.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/att000011.jpeg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Every one of us is familiar with the Rs1000/- note for its size, colour and so on, but who knows the true story of the elephant and the man with the cap near it, printed on the Rs1000/- note that is now in circulation in Sri Lanka? Can anyone imagine that the elephant and the man wearing a cap  near it are from the Eastern province and the man is a Muslim? Yes, they are both from the Eastern province. The man is Umar Lebbe Panicker from Eravur in the Batticaloa district and the tusker in the note was caught in 1925 in the Eravur forest and reared and  trained by him.  Umar Lebbe Panicker presented this tusker to the Dalada Maligawa,but within a short period it escaped from there and went in search ofhim to Eravur. Umar Lebbe brought it back again to the Dalada  Maligawawhere it was named Raja due to its majestic appearance..  His Excellency, the late President J.R. Jayawardene in order to honour the long services of the tusker had declared it as a national asset in 1984. Raja adored the Esala Perehera procession in Kandy and thus gained national fame and honour.  After this, the government in power then, decided to honour Umar Lebbe Panicker for presenting this elephant to Dalada Maligawa by printing the picture of him beside the tusker, on the Rs1000/- note, and the village Eravur toowas thus honoured by this action.  The tusker Raja, having brought fame and honour not only to itself but also to Umar Lebbe Panicker, and to the Eravur village, died onJuly 15, 1988 after serving the Dalada Maligawa for 50 years.  "Panicker "is a name given to people who catch elephants in the wild, train them and sell to people involved in business, for moving or carrying very heavy materials, and also in ceremonial work. Their decedents are still identified as "Panicker Thaththi" or "Panicker Kathara"in Eravur. There is a road in Eravur known as 'Panicker Veedy', named after them.</blockquote>

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