Mysuru: With a team of 14 elephants, led by Captain Abhimanyu, gearing up for this year’s Dasara festival from Oct. 3 to 12, the senior-most elephant Varalakshmi has been tasked with supervising and guiding her teammates.
While 21-year-old Rohit is the youngest of group, Varalakshmi, at 68, is the eldest. Although officially retired, forest officials have refrained from assigning her active duties. Instead, due to her seniority, Varalakshmi has been overseeing the younger elephants at the camp.






