Among others, Mysuru mayor Shivakumar, deputy commissioner Bagadi Gaitham, deputy conservator of forests (wildlife) V Karikalan, DCF (Mysuru circle) Kalama Karikalan and Mysore Palace Board deputy director TS Subramanya participated in the farewell ceremony. Later, around 10.30am, the foresters offered puja to the 12 jumbos, including Abhimanyu, before loading them to the trucks that were to ferry the elephants to their respective camps. The foresters consulted veterinarians before sending the calf and his mother back to Bandipur, and ensured that all precautionary measures were taken.
In order to ensure that Lakshmi, who welcomed a male calf Sri Dattatreya during her sojourn in Mysuru, and her calf did not suffer the ordeal of a commute through the congested city streets, the foresters sent the duo, along with another female elephant Chitra, to the Rampura Elephant Camp in Bandipur Tiger Reserve in the early hours of Friday. Abhimanyu, the howdah elephant at this year’s Dasara, along with 11 other jumbos, were sent home after a traditional farewell ceremony, which included a puja. Having stolen the show with an unblemished performance on the last day of the Dasara fete, the elephants, after resting at the Mysore Palace for a day, returned to their respective homes on Friday. Mysuru: In many ways, it was a return to business as usual for the jumbos of the various camps deployed for the Dasara fete in Mysuru each year – after a Covid-enforced hiatus, the elephants had the opportunity to delight the surging crowds after two years of low-key affairs.
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