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ದಸರೆಯ ಆನೆಗಳುThe elephants of Mysuru Dasara
How elephants came to lead the Mysuru Dasara procession, the elephants that carried the golden howdah, and the twelve walking in 2026.
Jamboo Savari · Wed 21 Oct 2026
How the tradition started
Kings in this part of India have led autumn processions of elephants for more than 500 years. This is how that became Mysuru Dasara.
- 1400s
Mahanavami at Vijayanagara
The kings of Vijayanagara held a nine-night autumn festival called Mahanavami. Visitors such as Abdur Razzaq in 1443 and the Portuguese Domingo Paes in about 1520 watched the king review his elephants, horses and soldiers. The same procession is carved on the walls of the Hazara Rama temple at Hampi. 21
Rows of elephants carved on the Hazara Rama temple wall, Hampi. Ms Sarah Welch · CC BY-SA 4.0 - 1610
Dasara begins at Srirangapatnaಶ್ರೀರಂಗಪಟ್ಟಣ
The Vijayanagara empire broke up after 1565. In 1610 Raja Wadiyar I of Mysuru took the fort of Srirangapatna and held the festival there. This is counted as the first Mysuru Dasara. The festival in 2026 is officially the 416th. 111
The Ranganathaswamy temple, Srirangapatna. Ms Sarah Welch · CC BY-SA 4.0 - 1799
The festival moves to Mysuru
Tipu Sultan died at Srirangapatna in 1799. The British put the five-year-old Krishnaraja Wadiyar III on the throne at Mysuru, and Dasara moved with him. In 1805 he began holding a durbar, a royal court, in the palace during the festival. The royal family still holds a private durbar every year. 111
The Dasara durbar of Krishnaraja Wadiyar III. Engraving, about 1850. Frederick Christian Lewis after F. C. Lewis Jr. · Public domain - 1874
Where the palace elephants came from
In a khedda, hundreds of men and trained elephants drive a wild herd into a wooden stockade. The Mysore government set up a khedda department in 1873. Its first round-up, in 1874 near the Biligirirangan hills, caught more than 50 wild elephants. Some of the elephants caught were kept for the palace. The state held about 36 kheddas, most of them at Kakanakote near the Kabini river. The last one was in January 1971. 57585960
A khedda built by the Maharaja of Mysore for a royal visit. The Graphic, 11 January 1890. Joseph Nash after John Charles Dollman · Public domain - 1912
The present palace
The old wooden palace burned down in 1897. The new palace was finished in 1912. The Dasara elephants now live inside its walls for the festival, and the procession starts at its gates. On festival nights the palace is lit with electric bulbs, as in this photograph from 1922. 165
Mysuru Palace lit up at night for a royal visit, January 1922. Agence Rol (Gallica) · Public domain - 1969
The last king rides in the howdah
Until 1969 the Maharaja himself rode in the golden howdah. Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was the last to do so. In 1971 the government stopped paying the former royal families, and Dasara became a small private festival. 96364
The palace state elephant taken out for worship, May 1958. Photo Division, Government of India (via Public.Resource.Org) · CC BY 2.0 - 1980
A festival for everyone
In 1975 Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs brought the state government in to run Dasara. In 1980 Chief Minister R. Gundu Rao made it a large public festival, the "People's Dasara". An idol of the goddess Chamundeshwari now rides in the golden howdah. The Forest Department supplies the elephants and looks after them. 8963
The Jamboo Savari procession, 2007. Kalyan · CC BY-SA 2.0
The elephants that carried the howdah
The lead elephant carries the golden howdah, a seat of wood and gold that weighs about 750 kg. In Kannada it is called the ಅಂಬಾರಿ ಆನೆ (ambari aane), the howdah elephant. Records name the howdah elephants back to the 1870s. Here they are in order.
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Jayamarthandaಜಯಮಾರ್ತಾಂಡ
The first howdah elephant whose name we know. He carried two kings in the procession, Chamarajendra Wadiyar X and then Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV.
His 45 processions are still the record. After he died, the palace named its east gate after him. The Jayamarthanda Gate opens once a year, to let the Dasara elephants in. 3101165
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The state elephant of Mysuru in 1928. The magazine did not give his name. Popular Mechanics · Public domain 02The royal-era elephants
After Jayamarthanda, Forest Department records and old Kannada newspapers name Vijayabahadur, Nanjunda, Ramaprasad, Motilal and Sundararaj. The records do not say which years each one served.
Some lists add Irawata, in the 1930s. He played the elephant Kala Nag in the 1937 film Elephant Boy. His co-star Sabu was the son of a mahout from H.D. Kote. 39131462
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Rajendraರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ
The first elephant to carry the idol of the goddess Chamundeshwari in place of a king. Sources say he carried the howdah one to three times.
He is better known from film. In Gandhada Gudi (1973) the actor Rajkumar sings riding on his back. He is buried at Balle elephant camp, next to Drona. 3131516
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Dronaದ್ರೋಣ
Caught in the last khedda, in 1971. He carried the howdah 18 times, the most since the kings. His mahout Doddappaji came from a family of mahouts. Doddappaji's father had trained him.
In 1998, while grazing near Balle camp in Nagarahole, Drona pulled at a tree and brought down a live power line. It killed him at once. He is buried at Balle, where the mahouts hold a puja for him every year. 34101618
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Balarama carrying the golden howdah, 2011. clickedlife · CC BY-ND 2.0 06Balaramaಬಲರಾಮ
Caught in 1987 in Kattepura forest, Kodagu. A calm elephant, blind in one eye. He carried the howdah 13 times with his mahout Sannappa. Some reports count 14.
After he turned 60 he walked at the front as the flag elephant. In December 2022 a farmer shot at him. He survived 45 pellet wounds. He died at Bheemanakatte camp on 7 May 2023, aged about 67. 410206970
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Arjuna walking into the forest at Balle camp. Cciesri · CC BY-SA 4.0 07Arjunaಅರ್ಜುನ
Caught at Kakanakote in 1968. He carried the howdah once in the late 1990s. In 1996 a mahout died at Karanji lake and Arjuna was blamed, so he was kept out of Dasara for 16 years.
He came back in 2012 and carried the howdah eight years in a row. In 2022 he weighed 5,950 kg, the most of any Dasara elephant. On 4 December 2023 he was helping catch a wild elephant near Sakleshpur when a wild tusker gored him. He died there, and he is buried in the forest where he fell. 5171922232452
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Abhimanyu with his mahout Vasantha at Mathigodu camp, 2017. A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF · CC BY-SA 3.0 08Abhimanyuಅಭಿಮನ್ಯು
Caught in the Hebbale forest in Kodagu. For decades he was the Forest Department's best kumki, a trained elephant that helps catch wild elephants. Reports credit him with well over a hundred.
At Dasara he first pulled the police band cart. He carried the howdah six times. The first two, in 2020 and 2021, were inside the palace grounds because of COVID. His mahout is J.S. Vasantha. He turned 60 in April 2026 and retired from the howdah. This year he walks at the front as the flag elephant. 5621262728
The 12 elephants of 2026
The Forest Department announced this year's elephants on 19 August. There are eight males and four females. Vets and officers check each one's health, temper and walk. Males in musth, a yearly period when they turn aggressive, are left out. So is any elephant over 60. Two more, Bheema (26) and Harsha (51), are kept in reserve. Tap an elephant to read about it.
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Mahendra
Mahendra is 42 and lives at Balle camp. The Forest Department caught him in 2018 in the Ramanagara range. This is his fifth Dasara. He also carries the wooden howdah at the smaller Srirangapatna Dasara. With Abhimanyu retired, he is the leading candidate for the golden howdah. He started training with 325 kg on 7 September and carried 700 kg by 14 September. His mahout is Rajanna. 62934353631
Srikanta
Srikanta is 57, the oldest elephant of 2026. He lives at Mathigodu camp. For the second year the royal family has chosen him as the pattada aane, the elephant used in the private palace rituals of Navaratri. At the first weigh-in he was the heaviest, at 5,790 kg, until Sugreeva arrived. 293233
Dhananjaya
Dhananjaya is 45 and lives at Dubare camp. This is his seventh Dasara. He walked at the front as the flag elephant in 2024 and 2025. In September 2024 he fought with another elephant, Kanjan, and chased him out of the palace onto the road. This year he is training for the howdah and has carried 700 kg. His mahout is J.C. Bhaskar. 29364467
Prashantha
Prashantha is 54 and lives at Dubare camp. He was caught in 1987 in Kattepura forest, in the same round-up as Balarama. He has walked in about 15 Dasaras. He is one of the elephants training for the howdah this year. His mahout is J.A. Chinnappa. 14293531
Ekalavya
Ekalavya is 41 and comes from Bheemanakatte camp. He weighs 5,600 kg and stands 2.88 m tall. The royal family has chosen him as the flag elephant for its private palace rituals. The Hindu lists him among the possible howdah elephants. 6293331
Sugreeva
Sugreeva is 44 and lives at Dubare camp. The Forest Department rescued him in 2016 in the Kushalnagar range. This is his fourth Dasara. He arrived with the second batch on 13 September and weighed 5,850 kg, the most of the twelve. His mahout is J.B. Shankar. 363738
Gopi
Gopi is 43 and lives at Dubare camp. In 2024 and 2025 he was the nauphat elephant, the second elephant in the procession, behind the flag elephant. He weighs 5,170 kg. 294144
Srirama
Srirama is 41 and lives at Dubare camp. He and Ekalavya are the youngest elephants this year. He is not the older Srirama who was killed by another elephant in 2015. 2946
Lakshmi
Lakshmi is 54 and lives at Balle camp. In the 2024 procession she walked beside the howdah elephant, Abhimanyu. She also walked beside Mahendra at his 2025 rehearsal with the wooden howdah. 294142
Kaveri
Kaveri is 46 and lives at Dubare camp. At 3,075 kg she is the lightest elephant this year. She walked beside Abhimanyu and the golden howdah in 2020, inside the palace, and again in 2025. 52971
Chaithra
Chaithra is 55 and was born at Ramapura camp in Bandipur. This is her sixth Dasara. She arrived with the second batch on 13 September. Her mahout is Kalim Pasha. 3637
Roopa
Weights are from the weigh-ins of 28 August and 14 September 2026. Ages are as reported in August and September 2026. The howdah elephant is chosen at the final rehearsal.
How the elephants prepare for the procession
The elephants live at Mysuru Palace for about eight weeks before the procession. This is what they do there, in order.
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The journey to Mysuruಗಜಪಯಣ
The journey is called Gajapayana. The elephants set out from Veeranahosahalli, at the edge of Nagarahole forest, after a puja and folk dances. Elephants once walked the 70 km to Mysuru. Now they go by lorry. In 2026 nine elephants set out on 26 August, and three more followed on 13 September. 313640
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Eating
A male eats 600 to 750 kg of food a day and a female 450 to 550 kg. Most of it is tree branches and green fodder. Twice a day, after their walks, the mahouts hand-feed them balls of boiled gram, rice, vegetables and salt. They also get kusure, parcels of jaggery, coconut and paddy wrapped in straw. 495051
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Getting used to the noise
Police gunners fire seven cannons near the elephants, 21 shots at a time, in three sessions. Police horses train with them. Most nervous elephants are calm by the third session. 43
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Going home
A few days after the procession the elephants get a farewell puja and go back to their camps. 9
Jamboo Savari: the procession route
Jamboo Savari is the procession on Vijayadashami, the last day of Dasara. On 21 October 2026 the elephants walk about 4.8 km from the palace to Bannimantap, in the north of the city. Tap a stop to find it on the map.
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In the early afternoon the Chief Minister worships the Nandi flag at the Balarama Gate. The tableaux and dance troupes set off first. Later the howdah elephant reaches the front of the palace, and the Chief Minister showers the idol with flowers. In 2026 this is fixed for 4:10 to 4:35 pm. Then the elephants walk out through the north gate. 4041
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The first big circle, named after Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. The elephants rehearse past here every day in September. 42
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The procession turns north onto the city's main shopping street. People fill the pavements, balconies and rooftops on both sides. 41
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The road goes on north as New Sayyaji Rao Road, past Old RMC Circle. 42
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After Old RMC Circle the route follows Bamboo Bazaar Road north. 42
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Also called Maulana Abul Kalam Circle. The procession turns east onto Nelson Mandela Road for the last stretch. 42
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The procession ends at the Torchlight Parade Ground. Here the banni tree is worshipped. In the Mahabharata the Pandavas hid their weapons in a banni tree. The same night the ground holds the torchlight parade, the last event of Dasara. In 2024 the elephants left the palace at 5:02 pm and arrived here at 7:04 pm. 411
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Moments from the procession's history
Things that happened to the elephants and the procession over the years, in order.
- 1925
An officer is sent to Burma for a howdah elephant
The Maharaja sent a forest officer, L.P. Mascarenhas, to Assam and Burma to buy a new howdah elephant. He turned down ten elephants offered by a timber merchant in Assam as not fit for the howdah, and asked for photographs before he would approve one. 9
- 1933
A search in Siam
A palace file of 4 December 1933 is titled "Selection of Ambari Elephant at Siam". Siam is today's Thailand. 61
- 1935
An elephant from Tirupati
The palace bought an elephant called Pattabhirama from the Tirupati temple for Rs 3,000. He weighed seven tons and stood nine feet seven inches. 9
- 1994
The procession stays inside the palace
After a plague outbreak in Surat, the government kept the procession inside the palace grounds. 7
- 2002
Inside the palace again
A drought, and the kidnapping of former minister H. Nagappa by the bandit Veerappan, kept the procession inside the palace once more. 7
- 2012
A report asks for a lighter howdah
The Karnataka Elephant Task Force told the High Court that the 750 kg howdah should be replaced by a much lighter copy, or carried on a chariot pulled by the elephant. Nothing changed. 54
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- 2020
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- 2026
A tourist is killed at Dubare
In May, during a paid session where tourists touched the elephants at Dubare camp, Kanjan charged another elephant, Marthanda. Marthanda fell on a tourist, who died. Marthanda died the next day. The government stopped tourists from bathing and feeding the elephants, and Kanjan was kept out of Dasara. 66
Sources
The 2026 list, weights, camps and training loads come from Forest Department announcements, as reported by Star of Mysore, The Hindu, Deccan Herald, NewsKarnataka and Asianet Newsable between 19 August and 15 September 2026.
The history of the howdah elephants comes from a Forest Department record reported by The Hindu in October 2025, and from Kannada newspaper histories in Vijay Karnataka, Oneindia Kannada and ETV Bharat. For the khedda we used the Mysore Gazetteers of 1897 and 1927. The 1925 and 1935 purchases come from palace letters quoted in the Deccan Chronicle in 2017.
Where sources disagree we give both numbers or say so. Drona carried the howdah 18 times in every source that counts. His years are given as 1980 to 1997 or 1981 to 1998. Balarama is given 13 or 14. The state archives hold no records of the howdah elephants before 1900. Nobody has yet matched the royal-era elephants to their years. The Mysore Administration Reports (1900 to 1947) may do it.
The route map is drawn from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Two points, the Balarama Gate and Bamboo Bazaar Road, are placed by hand. The elephant outline on tiles without a photograph is from PhyloPic (Kai Caspar, CC0).
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