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Karnataka extends Dasara invite to Rajmata, Byrappa

Mysuru: Mysuru district in-charge minister and Dasara executive committee chairperson V. Somanna formally invited Rajmata Pramodadevi Wadiyar of the royal family of Mysuru for the Dasara celebrations Thursday evening. Meanwhile, training to carry the wooden howdah and get the Dasara jumbos in shape to carry the golden howdah on Vijayadashami day, began on Thursday morning. The exercise to carry the wooden howdah will be repeated for three more male elephants Abhimanyu, Gopi and Dananjaya to train them as second line elephants so that they will be ready to carry the howdah in the next five to six years. Minister Mr Somanna inspected Bannimantap torchlight parade grounds and other Dasara venues to monitor preparations on Thursday.

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