After Dasara, elephants unwind at Mysuru Palace before heading back to their camps on Monday

Mysuru: Dasara Jumbos unwinded in the grounds of Mysuru Palace on Sunday following their successful completion of their main assignment in the Dasara Jamboo Savari procession on Saturday. They are all scheduled to return to their respective camps on Monday following a puja, following their 49-day stay in Mysuru.

The successful completion of the procession pleased the forest officials, mahouts, and kaavadis who trained and oversaw them.

“Every elephant in the procession performed their job flawlessly, and they are all in good health. The 14 elephants were all decked out and photographed, according to DCF (wild life), Mysuru division I B Prabhu Gowda.

Abhimanyu Vasantha’s Mahout stated: “It has been an honor for me to perform the Goddess’ seva. “I’m glad Abhimanyu handled the task with grace,” he remarked.

“Abhimanyu covered the distance of the Procession route on Saturday in 2 hour 40 minutes,” stated RFO Santhosh Hoogar.

Mahouts and Kavadis received a special meal and dinner on Sunday from the forest officials as a thank you for their excellent management of all the elephants throughout the procession. Each of them would receive an honorarium of Rs 15,000 from the Mysuru district administration.

The Dasara procession’s major attraction was still the captive Dasara elephants. The elephants were adorned with shanka, chakra, Soorya Chandra on the forehead, gandaberunda on the trunk, creepers and flowers on the trunk’s edge, parrots above the tusks, and leaves surrounding the eyes by Nagalingappa R. Badiger and his team. Natural colors of yellow, red, orange, and green were used to fill in the white outlines they had drawn.

Even though the elephants were given wholesome food when they were in Mysuru, they are coming back with more weight.

Maththigodu

Along with his mahout Vasantha and Kaavaadi J K Raju, Abhimanyu, who carried the golden howdah for the sixth time in the procession, will return to the Maththigodu camp of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. Along with his kaavaadi Nanjundaswamy and mahout Gunda, Bheema will also be returning to the same camp. Mahendra, Mahout Rajanna, and Kavadi Mallikarjuna will all be returning to the same camp.

Dubaare

Along with his mahout J C Bhaskar and J S Rajanna, Dhananjaya, who took Arjuna’s place as the Nishaane Elephant, will return to the Kodagu Wildlife Division’s Dubaare camp. Along with his mahout P B Naveen Kumar and kaavaadi J R Shivu, Gopi, who played the part of Naufat Elephant, will return to the same camp.

Along with his mahout J D Vijaya and Kaavadi Kirana, Kanjan will also return to the Dubaare camp. Sugreeva will return to the same camp with Kavadi J B Shankar and Mahout J G Harish, while Prashantha will return with his mahout J A Chinnappa and Kavadi Chandra.

Camp Ramapura

Together with Abhimanyu, Lakshmi, who played the part of Kumki Elephant, will return to the Bandipur Tiger Reserve’s Ramapura camp with her mahout Chandra and kavadi Krishnamurthy. Hiranya, who also played Kumki Elephant, will be joining her mahout Shafi Ulla and Kavadi Mansoor at the same camp.

Bheemanakatte

Along with her mahout J K Ravi and kaavaadi K S Lava, Varalakshmi, who helped other elephants at the camp, will return to NTR’s Bheemanakatte elephant. Along with Kaavadi Maadu and his mahout Syed Usmaan, Rohith will also return to the same camp.

Mahout Manjunath, Kavadi Ravi, and Doddaharave Lakshmi will all return to the Hunsur division’s Doddaharave camp.

Many of these elephants will take part in the tiger and elephant capture operations while they are in the camps.

On August 21, the first group of nine elephants came to Aranya Bhavan in Mysuru following a lavish Gajayapana celebration at Veeranahosahalli in Hunsur district. On August 23, they remained on the grounds of Mysuru Palace. On August 25, the Dasara Elephants started their training to become used to the Dasara procession path.

On September 1, weight-bearing training started. On September 5, the second group of elephants arrived. On September 18, they started their wooden howdah training, and on October 10, they had their last practice.

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