Tusker Mahendra has been ruled out of carrying the golden howdah during the Mysuru Dasara Jumboo Savari on 21 October, after he failed to complete a weight-carrying rehearsal for the third time…
A 10-day Kannada book fair with discounted sales will be held from October 11 to 20 at the Bharat Scouts and Guides grounds in Mysuru as part of the Dasara-2026 festivities. Karnataka…
Abhimanyu, the veteran tusker who carried the Golden Howdah in Mysuru’s Jumboo Savari from 2020 to 2025, received a grand traditional welcome at Mysore Palace on Monday, 5 October 2026. He arrived…
Sri Abhinava Gavisiddeshwara Mahaswami, the pontiff of the Gavimutt in Koppal, will inaugurate the 10-day Mysuru Dasara festivities starting October 11, Chief Minister D K Shivakumar announced in the Legislative Assembly on…
The nine elephants selected for the Mysuru Dasara festival began their journey from Veeranahosahalli in the Nagarahole reserve forest on Wednesday, in a ceremony called Gajapayana. Veteran elephant Abhimanyu was given a…
The first batch of nine Dasara elephants was flagged off from Veeranahosahalli on the outskirts of the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve on Wednesday, marking the start of preparations for the Mysuru Dasara festivities.…
Former Karnataka forest minister Eshwar Khandre has written to new Forest Minister Ramalinga Reddy urging that elephant Abhimanyu be given a dignified farewell by involving him as the Nishaane elephant in this…
