Mysore/Mysuru: All the nine Dasara elephants, including the Golden Howdah-carrying Abhimanyu have been put on a special diet regime inside the Mysore Palace and are given special care to put on weight and build strength and endurance.
The jumbos are given nutritional food and additional supplements twice a day at 5.30 am and 5 pm, so that they can participate easily in the grand finale, Jumboo Savari, by walking a distance of about 4 kms from the Mysore Palace to the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap.
