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 and offered fruits to Howdah Elephant Abhimanyu, Dasara debutant Ashwathama, Dhananjaya, Kaveri, Chaitra, Lakshmi and Vikrama. Public too offered sugarcane, jaggery and fruits before the elephants were mounted on to the trucks.
