After a gap of two years, the insurance for the golden howdah, which is displayed at Dolls' Pavilion at Mysuru Palace, is taken in the name of a member of Mysuru royal family, Pramoda Devi. The howdah ...

An elephant pitched to be the successor to carry the golden howdah during the next years’s Dussehra celebration in Mysuru, died on Wednesday from injuries sustained in a fight with another elephant in ...

Lead tusker Arjuna won't make it to Dasara in about a decade from now. Neither will the majestic Balarama be there. MYSORE: Lead tusker Arjuna won't make it to Dasara in about a decade from now.

The first batch of the nine Dasara elephants were weighed on Wednesday in the routine assessment in the run-up to the festivities to be held in October by which they are expected to gain weight. The ...

Abhimanyu carried the golden howdah, mounted with an idol of Goddess Sri Chamundeshwari, for six years, including this year's Jamboo Savari.

As elephant Abhimanyu headed back to Mathigodu camp from Mysuru on Sunday after the completion of his ceremonial role as the howdah-carrying jumbo during Dasara, memories of his predecessors who had ...