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With Jumboo Savari to be held on Oct. 2, Vijayadashami Day, the final phase of weight carrying exercise ended yesterday with Dasara elephant Dhananjaya carrying the wooden howdah on Raja Marga from Mysore Palace till the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap under the watchful eyes of Police and Forest Department personnel.

After Gaadhi-Namda was fastened on back of Dhananjaya, the wooden howdah was mounted on top of it and secured with ropes. Sand bags were then placed inside the howdah and Dhananjaya was led out of Palace through Balarama Gate at about 5.40 pm, with Kumki elephants Lakshmi and Hemavathi on either side and other eleph...