Dasara elephants bid adieu to Mysuru, return to their jungle camps
The Hindu
The elephants are not released for other ceremonial events and only Mysuru Dasara is an exception.
Elephants from the jungle camps which shored up Mysuru Dasara with their presence and took part in the , were accorded a ceremonial send off from the palace on Sunday.
Special prayers were held for their collective welfare and safe return next year besides felicitations to the mahouts and the kavadis or assistants manning their respective elephants during the occasion.
The elephants led by ambari aane or howdah elephant Abhimanyu lined up for the send off and priest Prahalad chanted hymns and performed ‘’mangalarathi’’ for the elephants.
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