Mysuru: The Jamboo Savari of Mysuru Dasara, held to mark Vijayadashami, began with the Nandi Dhwaja puja by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah near the Balarama Gate of Mysuru palace on Thursday.

This is the eighth time Siddaramaiah has inaugurated the Dasara procession as Chief Minister. He arrived with his Cabinet colleagues and other people's representatives on the palace premises in a bus around 1:15 pm. He offered the Nandi Dhwaja puja at 1:22 pm, a few minutes beyond the scheduled muhurtha.

Elephant Dhananjaya led the Jamboo Savari as the Nishane (flagbearer) elephant. Gopi is the Naupat (insignia bearer) elephant. Elephant Abhimanyu will be the centre of attraction as he will carry the famed golden howdah (ambari) in which an idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari will be placed. The howdah elep

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