Nadungamuwa Vijaya Raja (Sinhala:නැදුන්ගමුව විජය රාජා) popularly known as Nadungamuwa Raja was an Indian tusker born c. 1953 in Mysore. He was the current main casket bearer of the procession of Esala held in Kandy, Ceylon. And was one of the two elephant calves gifted by a Mysuru Maharaja to the veteran native physician monk resided in Nilammahara Temple Piliyandala in appreciation of curing his relative's long lasted illness, other elephant being late Nawam Raja of Gangaramaya. In 1978 Nadungamuwa Raja was acquired from his second owner (Herbert Wickramasinghe, former MP of Bandaragama) by Dharmavijaya Veda Ralahamy of Nadungamuwa area, an eminent Ayurvedic physician of that time (father of the present owner Dr Harsha Dharmavijaya). Since then the elephant has been named after his residing village Nadungamuwa. Raja is cared for by Wilson Kodithuwakku aka "Kalu Mama".