Forest officials begin process to select successor for Golden Howdah carrying Abhimanyu Mysore/Mysuru: The process to select the successor for Golden Howdah carrying Abhimanyu has begun and the Forest Department officials have decided to bring in five new elephants for this year’s Dasara Jumbo squad. The successor of Abhimanyu will be carrying the 750 kg…
Mysore/Mysuru: The world famous Dasara festivities, which was restricted to Mysore Palace premises for the past two years due to COVID-19 pandemic, will be held in a grand manner with all its past glory this year from Sept. 26 to Oct.5 The preparations for the grand Dasara will begin with the arrival of Dasara elephants…
This time, 18 to 20 elephants to be identified; 14 or 15 will make to final list, says DCF Mysore/Mysuru: With three months to go for this year’s Dasara festivities, the Forest Department is set to begin the process of selection of elephants, the star attraction of the 10-day festival and the grand Vijayadashami finale….
Veterinarian Dr. Ramesh runs the show with jumbos for the first time By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: After the elephant handlers during Dasara, the next important role is played by the elephant doctor, designated by the Forest Department to take care of the jumbos during their more-than-a-month stay inside the Mysore Palace. Anything amiss in…
Mysore/Mysuru: Emotional moments were witnessed at Mysore Palace premises this morning when all the eight Dasara elephants returned to their respective forest camps after the end of the ten-day Dasara festivities. Many onlookers became emotional when these elephants were loaded onto the trucks. Earlier in the morning, priest S.V. Prahalad Rao led the puja rituals…
Mysore/Mysuru: In keeping with her practice for the past few years, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Shobha Karandlaje hosted breakfast for Mahouts and Kavadis of Dasara jumbos, who are camping in the Palace premises, on Thursday. Shobha has made it a practice to climb the footsteps of Chamundi Hill every year after she became…
The 67th Wildlife Week was celebrated near Mysuru Palace’s Balarama Gate this morning where Dasara elephants and 67 NSS volunteers from Kuvempunagar Government PU College participated. A jatha was taken out from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple till the elephant sheds at Kodi Someshwara Temple inside the Palace. Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (APCCF), Project Tiger…
Mysore/Mysuru: The second round of cannon firing drill was held successfully with Dasara elephants exhibiting normal behaviour at the parking lot area near Varaha Gate of Mysore Palace this morning. Apart from Vikrama, all seven Dasara elephants — Abhimanyu, Ashwathama, Dhananjaya, Kaveri, Chaitra, Lakshmi and Gopalaswamy — and also 24 horses from the Mounted Police…
Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of Dasara festivities, the Mahouts and Kavadis of Dasara elephants camping in Palace premises underwent a dental check-up at the camp organised by ANI Foundation in association with Style Architect, in the Palace premises here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Dentists Dr. Nisarga Kansar and Dr. N. Anushri said that ANI Foundation…
Sumptuous breakfast for over 300 elephant handlers, followers of politicians, media Mysore/Mysuru: The till now medium-pace Dasara preparations got a fillip this morning with a host of activities seeing the light of the day starting from breakfast to mahouts and kavadis as a friendly gesture, assembling of the Golden Throne inside the Durbar Hall, mounting…
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