The Odisha Forest Department will on Saturday recover the skeletal remains of Ramu, the iconic tusker of the Chandaka–Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary, from the Bharatpur forest area on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, marking a rare scientific preservation effort aimed at keeping the legacy of the much-loved elephant alive even after death.

According to sources, Ramu’s skeleton, which was buried underground following his death, will be carefully exhumed from inside the Bharatpur forest under the Chandaka–Dampara Wildlife Sanctuary.

After recovery, the skeletal remains will be transported to the Godibari Prakriti Nivas near Bhubaneswar, where they will be preserved through a scientific conservation process.

Forest officials said the initiative has been undertaken to commemorate Ramu, regarded as

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