Mysuru: With just a month or so left for the inauguration of Dasara festivities on Oct. 10, the first batch of Dasara elephants were accorded a traditional welcome at the Mysore Palace last evening. The welcome was accorded at the auspicious ‘Godhooli’ lagna between 4.30 pm and 6 pm.
The elephants had arrived in the city on Sunday from various jungle camps and had been housed at Aranya Bhavan (Forest Department office). Last evening, the elephants — Arjuna, Gopi, Vikrama, Dhananjaya, Varalakshmi and Chaitra — walked along the main thoroughfares of the city and were the cynosure of all eyes as people got on to the streets, stopped their vehicles and climbed on the terraces to look at these gentle giants.
