Mysuru: The first batch of six elephants that arrived in trucks at about 6 pm yesterday evening were housed in Aranya Bhavan premises at Ashokapuram here. Their health conditions were checked upon their arrival by Veterinarian Dr. D.N. Nagaraju and were found fit.
The Dasara elephants, their Mahouts and Kavadis who arrived in city are: Golden Howdah carrying elephant 59-year-old Arjuna (Mahout Vinu and Kavadi Madhu), 62-year-old Vijaya (Mahout Bhojappa and Kavadi B.P. Bharat), 53-year-old Abhimanyu (Mahout Vasanth and Kavadi Raju), 63-year-old Varalakshmi (Mahout J.K. Ravi and Kavadi Madesh), 36-year-old Dhananjaya (Mahout J.C. Bhaskar and Kavadi J.B. Soonya) and 49-year-old Eshwara (Mahout Vishwanath and Kavadi Vijay).
