Mysore/Mysuru : With just three days left for the Jumboo Savari on Oct. 2, the Mysuru City Police and Forest Department officials conducted the first rehearsal of the Dasara procession inside the Mysore Palace premises this morning.

As part of the exercise, Howdah elephant Abhimanyu, accompanied by Kumki elephants Lakshmi and Hemavathi, was brought near the Palace residence of the Royal Family from their camps near the Kodi Someshwara Temple. A mock exercise of mounting the Golden Howdah on Abhimanyu was performed.

Later, the elephants were led from the Trineshwaraswamy Temple towards the Jayamarthanda Gate and proceeded towards the podium erected in front of the Palace, passing by the Shwetha Varahaswamy Temple.

Upon reaching the podium, officials showered flower petals on the eleph

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