Mysuru: The customary Tent School for children of Mahouts and Kavadis of Dasara elephants was inaugurated at Palace premises here yesterday by MLA S.A. Ramdas, who also taught a few Kannada and English alphabets to the children in a symbolic gesture. He showered flower petals on a portrait of Goddess Chamundeshwari.
The Tent School now has 18 kids of Mahouts and Kavadis who have come with the first batch of Dasara elephants. The kids of the handlers of the second batch of elephants, numbering about 12, are expected in a day of two taking the total strength to 30.
