The Forest Department is reportedly responsible for providing the team of elephants, which is the main attraction of the Mysuru Dasara festival, with proper nutritious food. They are fed with ...

Elephants, which were brought from their ... Celebrated as 'Nada Habba' (state festival), the Dasara or 'Sharan Navaratri' festivities are expected to be a grand affair this year, depicting ...

The 12 Dasara elephants arrive 45 to 50 days ahead of the festival and are given a special diet to gain sufficient weight and strength to participate in the Dasara procession. Of the 12 elephants ...

The imperial sword is worshiped on the ninth day (Mahanavami) of the festival. Processions constituting ornamented elephants, camels and horses are taken out. Timings for Dussehra Festival in ...

There are other influences (pre-Aryan tribal, Jain, Hindu, Islamic) that can be seen in Chamundeshwari temple of Mysore kings ...

The Dussehra festivities are here, and so are Dussehra processions. In Mysore, like every year, this time too, the elephant Abhimanyu will carry the 750-kg Golden Howdah and lead the procession.