With 5,660 kg, Arjuna the strongest among Dasara elephants
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Mysuru: The process of checking the weight of Dasara elephants is a routine process ahead of preparing them for the D-day every year.
On Wednesday all the nine elephants which have arrived in the city in the first batch underwent the process on Dhanwantri road in the city.
The 63-year-old Arjuna a former howdah carrier has appeared mighty among other pachyderms weighing 5,660 KG, followed by his successor
Abhimanyu-4,770 KG.
The weight of other elephants is as follows- Gopalaswamy- 5,140 KG, Dhananjaya-4810, Mahendra- 4250 KG, Bhima-3920 KG, Lakshmi-2920 KG, Chaitra- 3050 KG and Kaveri-3100 kG.
DCF V Karikalan said “the health of all the elephants is significant and hence we monitor their weight to start a new food regimen for them. The elephants will gain nearly 500 kgs in one or two months. We will provide them with nutritious foods daily to keep them fit and hygiene”.
The elephants will be rehearsing within the palace fort till August 13. While they will be taken out from August 14 from Mysore Palace to Bannimantap the culmination point of Jamboo Savari to acclimatise them with the procession route, he added.
– Team Mysoorunews
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