After routine weight checks and a customary puja at the Mysuru palace, the elephants, led by golden howdah-bearer Prashanth, were loaded onto separate trucks for their journey back to their respective camps.
He has appealed to opposition parties to set aside political differences and cooperate on an issue concerning the interests of Karnataka, and join the all-party delegation to meet the Prime Minister to seek release of drought relief funds
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The journalists, who arrived in a vehicle belonging to the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), were initially stopped near the Brahmapuri entrance to the palace.
While 54-year-old tusker Prashanth carried the iconic golden howdah, veteran tusker Abhimanyu featured as the Nishane Ane, followed by eight other caparisoned elephants guided by their mahouts in the grand procession