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Prashantha carries the golden howdah at Mysuru Dasara 2026
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Golden howdah of 750 kg, a 54-year-old elephant: Mysuru Dasara facts for Karnataka culture questions
The 54-year-old elephant Prashantha carried the roughly 750 kg golden howdah in the Dasara procession.
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
2 मिनट
At this year's Mysuru Dasara Jamboo Savari, the elephant Prashantha, aged 54, carried the golden howdah weighing about 750 kg.
Abhimanyu, who had led the procession as captain in earlier years, was rested because of his age.
स्रोत: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
मुख्य तथ्य
Remember these
- Prashantha, aged 54, carried the golden howdah (about 750 kg) in the 2026 Jamboo Savari.
- Abhimanyu, who led the procession as captain in earlier years, was rested because of his age.
- Jamboo Savari is the grand Vijayadashami procession of the Mysuru Dasara, Karnataka's Nada Habba (state festival).
- The procession moves from the Mysuru Palace to the Bannimantap grounds, where the Banni tree is worshipped.
- The howdah carries the idol of the presiding deity, Goddess Chamundeshwari.
प्रीलिम्स · मेन्स
How the exam will ask it
प्रीलिम्स
- The Jamboo Savari of the Mysuru Dasara ends at the Bannimantap grounds, where the Banni tree is worshipped.
- Mysuru Dasara is celebrated as the Nada Habba (state festival) of Karnataka and culminates on Vijayadashami.
- The golden howdah, weighing about 750 kg, is carried by a lead elephant selected from the Dasara elephant contingent.
- The Chamundeshwari temple on Chamundi Hills is associated with the Dasara worship, but it is not the end point of the procession.
मेन्स
GS Paper 1 (Indian culture) and Karnataka-specific papers: festivals like the Mysuru Dasara show how royal-era traditions survive as state-sponsored cultural events that draw tourism and sustain local crafts and performing arts. The use of captive elephants raises animal-welfare concerns, so the practice is managed through age limits, weight limits for the howdah and the resting of older elephants such as Abhimanyu. The way forward is to keep the heritage while enforcing welfare norms and promoting sustainable cultural tourism.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
The Jamboo Savari procession of the Mysuru Dasara culminates at which place?
- Chamundi Hills
- Srirangapatna
- Mysuru Zoo
- Bannimantap
उत्तर देखें
उत्तर: D — The correct answer is Bannimantap. The Jamboo Savari moves from the Mysuru Palace to the Bannimantap grounds, where the Banni tree is worshipped.
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