Mysore/Mysuru: Training for Dasara elephants for the Jumboo Savari to be held on Oct. 2 is going on in full swing with 42-year-old Mahendra successfully carrying 750 kgs weight including the wooden howdah and sand bags, till the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap yesterday. On Monday, 59-year-old Abhimanyu, the Golden Howdah carrier, had rehearsed with…
Mysuru, Sept. 7 (MTY&BS)- To acclimatise the Dasara elephants with weight training ahead of the Jumboo Savari procession, Dasara elephant Mahendra successfully carried the Gaadi-Namda and a cradle loaded with sandbags, completing the exercise with ease. The Dasara festivities will begin on Sept. 22 and conclude with the grand Jumboo Savari on Oct. 2. Along…
Walks majestically with 900 kg weight; reaches destination in one hour, 40 minutes Mysuru: The training for Dasara elephants to carry weight continued yesterday too with elephant Mahendra, who will be carrying the howdah at Srirangapatna Dasara, rehearsing with the Wooden Howdah and sand bags on the Jumboo Savari route in city yesterday. Mahendra, the…
Mysuru: On the occasion of Nada Habba (State Festival) Dasara, elephant Mahendra is set to achieve a hat-trick by carrying the howdah in the Dasara celebrations at Srirangapatna in Mandya district. Although Mahendra arrived with the second batch of elephants this year, he quickly earned the trust of the officials with his impressive demeanour. As…
Balle Elephant Camp now deserted with death of Arjuna, Kumaraswamy, Durgaparameshwari Mysore/Mysuru: Following the unfortunate demise of Dasara elephant Arjuna, who carried the ‘Golden Howdah’ eight times, during an operation to capture a wild elephant at Yeslur in Hassan last year and two other Dasara elephants, Durgaparameshwari and Kumaraswamy due to ill-health, political lobbies have…
Carries 550 kg weight on Jumboo Savari route Mysore/Mysuru: On the third day of weight training for Dasara elephants yesterday, Mahendra, who will be participating in Jumboo Savari for the first time this year, carried a total weight of 550 kg and walked majestically on the Jumboo Savari route, assuring the Forest Department officials that…
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