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Mysuru News: Dasara Gajapayana on 1 October

It has been decided to hold Gajapayana, the first ever event to herald the beginning of preparations for Dasara, “Gaja Payana” to fetch Dasara elephants from their forest camps to Mysuru city on 1 October, in a simple manner with traditional poojas to the Elephants, just to ensure that the tradition is not dropped.  Few officers from Mysuru district administration including forest officers, will go to forest and fetch elephants in trucks to Aranya Bhavan in Mysuru on 1 October. And they will be welcomed  to Palace courtyards, with traditional poojas on 2 October as already scheduled. And the pachyderms and their care takers will stay at Palace courtyards till the end of Dasara.