is there any white elephant living in the world?

Answer 1

White elephants were kept by traditional Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. . Now they are extinct. They are not precisely white, but pale pink in color.

A white elephant is a supposedly valuable possession whose upkeep exceeds its usefulness, and it is therefore a liability. To possess a white elephant was regarded (and still is regarded, in Thailand and Burma), as a sign that the monarch was ruling with justice and the kingdom was blessed with peace and prosperity.

Answer 2

yes there is.. in south east asia to be specific.

White Elephant Today

In Laos, after the new form of government came into power, the king was put into the working commune and died a few years after that. One of the king's white elephant was kept in the zoo near Vientiane. This one the royal officer from Thailand got a chance to see it and he said that it does not meet all the major characteristics of a royal white elephant, mentioned in the ancient text:

Another white elephant of a better attributes is kept somewhere close to the house of the government's leader. This one seem to meet all the major characteristics of the royal white elephant as you may see in the above pictures. This elephant will lead the parade every year during Songkran festival (Thailand and Loas' New Year, on the 13th of April) in Vientiane. It would be dressed up in the old traditional maner.

In Cambodia, the last white elephant was seen and taken picture in the royal palace during the1960's. After that, the civil war in Cambodia took place for many years, and nobody have seen or heard any thing about white elephant ever since.
In Vietnam, white elephants were mentioned in the history on and off, but there are no records of the white elephant being found.

The white elephants are very rare today, due to the change in politic of the countries in Southeast Asia. In Burma or Myanmar, white elephant do not exist anymore. The last white elephant in Burma was found in 1961 in Intawgyi District of Kachin State, Norther Burma. It was a male elephant. The white elephant spent first few months in its homeland and was moved to Yangon Zoo for public interest.
It's complexion was not actually white but pinkish like a Scandinavian's. And the hairs growing thinly all over the body were all white and shiny. It was reported that the elephant had all the major characteristics of a royal white elephant, mentioned the ancient scriptures:
Despite its regality, the elephant didn't receive a VIP treatment later. Besides, the mother elephant was left in the timber production site in the northern Myanmar. The young white elephant therefore was looked after by a nurse elephant of ordinary colour. To make matters worse, he didn't enjoy the publicity he received every day in the zoo and the food quality didn't seem to be in accordance with the needs of the royal elephant either. Finally, he died an ordinary death in 1971 and has been put into oblivion since then.



White elephants' sculptures, paintings, wood craves, murals and archives can be found just about any places you can imagine in Southeast Asia, especially in Thailand. You can find it in the temples, palaces, tourist souvenirs, and many other products. Some of the paintings which you will see in the following pages are among the oldest and the most famous collection.

Answer 3

A white elephant is a supposedly valuable possession whose upkeep exceeds its usefulness, and it is therefore a liability. The term derives from the sacred white elephants kept by traditional Southeast Asian monarchs in Burma, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. To possess a white elephant was regarded (and still is regarded, in Thailand and Burma), as a sign that the monarch was ruling with justice and the kingdom was blessed with peace and prosperity. The tradition derives from tales in the scriptures which associate a white elephant with the birth of Buddha.