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Mahouts threaten to boycott Dasara fete

MYSORE: As the countdown for “Gajapayana,” scheduled for August 18, has begun, the tribal people living in the Nagarahole forest and mahouts and kavadis (helpers) of caparisoned elephants have threatened to boycott the Dasara festivities if the State government “fails” to fulfil their long-pending demands.

“Gajapayana” is the ceremonial event in which the elephants participating in the “Jamboo Savari” march to the palace here from the camps in the Nagarahole forest.

M.B. Prabhu of the Bharateeya Girijana Shikshana Samsthe has made it clear that the mahouts will not allow the “Gajapayana” if their demands are not met. The Samsthe is planning to take out a procession of elephants to the Vidhana Soudha to draw the government’s attention.

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