Mysore/Mysuru, Sept. 30 -- With the grand Jumboo Savari procession on Oct. 2, marking the culmination of the 11-day Dasara festival, the final phase of preparations is in full swing at the Mysore Palace premises.

Seating arrangements for 45,000 pass holders and Gold Card spectators are in their final stages, with workers setting up steps, shade pendals and designated areas along the procession route inside the Palace premises.

This morning, the final rehearsal of the Dasara elephants was held at the Palace. City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar, Conservator of Forests, Mysuru Circle Ravishankar, DCF I.B. Prabhu Gowda, and other officials performed the Pushparchane ritual for the Golden Howdah-carrying elephant Abhimanyu.

Abhimanyu was ...