district administration and Mysore The Palace Board gave a traditional welcome by performing rituals and arranged a Royal Guard of Honor for the fleet of elephants and welcomed them with a shower of flowers. Mysore Incharge Minister ST Somashekar, Mayor Sunanda Palnetra, Deputy Commissioner Dr. Bagadi Gautham, Mysore Police commissioner Dr. Chandragupta, and others from the Dussehra Executive Committee welcomed the elephants with a grand gaj puja. The elephants will stay with their caretakers in the temporary shed provided to them in the palace premises for the entire duration of the festival.
56-year-old tusker Abhimanyu will lead the team of elephants participating in this year’s Jumbo Savari. The fleet consists of five male and three female elephants. Of the eight elephants participating, the 34-year-old marks the beginning of Dussehra this year. ashwathama Which was found four years ago in the forest of Sakleshpur.
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Mysore Dussehra will start from 7th October and will continue till 15th October. CM due to pandemic Basavaraj Bommai There will be a call to allow more people to attend the ceremony on September 25 depending on the COVID-19 situation. Dussehra Executive Committee has indicated that cultural events organized at Mysuru Palace may be opened to more people based on COVID-19 situation in Karnataka
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– For the first time in the history of Mysore Dussehra festival in Karnataka, Goddess ChamundeswariIdol will be brought from Chamundi Hills to Mysore Palace in Jumbo Savari
Eight elephants participating in the upcoming Dussehra festival in Mysore will get insurance.
This year is the Dussehra debut of 34-year-old Ashwatthama, who was found four years ago in the forest of Sakleshpur.
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