With less than a month for a scaled-down Dasara, a total of eight Dasara elephants -- Ashwathama, Dhananjaya, Vikrama, Kaveri, Chaitra, Lakshmi and Gopalaswamy -- led by Golden Howdah-bearer Abhimanyu, were accorded a traditional welcome at the Mysore Palace this morning. The caparisoned elephants were accorded a warm welcome by showering flower petals on them. In the background of Nadaswarams, the pachyderms majestically walked into the Palace from the Jayamarthanda Gate.
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Dasara elephants enter Mysore Palace
With less than a month for a scaled-down Dasara, a total of eight Dasara elephants -- Ashwathama, Dhananjaya, Vikrama, Kaveri, Chaitra, Lakshmi and Gopalaswamy -- led by Golden Howdah-bearer Abhimanyu, were accorded…
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Published September 16, 2021 · 1 min read
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