Captain Abhimanyu weighs over 5,000 kg at Dasara fest weight check

NT Correspondent

Mysuru: Captain Abhimanyu, who will carry the golden howdah at the Dasara fest, weighed 5,160 kg, during the weightchecking process which was held on Dhanwanthari Road in Mysuru.

Elephant Vijaya weighed the lowest with 2830kg. Elephants Dhananjaya, Mahendra, Bhima, Kanjan, and Gopi weighed 4940, 4530, 4370, 4240, and 5080 kg, respectively.

As many as eight out of 14 elephants will be part of the world-famous Mysuru Dasara Jamboo Savari.

The elephants would be trained to follow the special diet till the end of the festival, under the guidance of veterinarians to maintain their health and weight.

According to sources, the forest department and police vehicles escorted the elephants to the weighing bridge from Mysuru Palace to Dhanwanthari Road, walking almost 3 km.

Magnetic scanners attached to the escort vehicles scanned elephants' marching route for nails and other metal objects.