Two days ahead of President of India Droupadi Murmu inaugurates the Mysuru Dasara 2022 on the morning of Sept. 26th . For the visit of the President the Police teams, bomb squads and drone teams began sanitising roads, bus shelters, and major junctions from Saturday morning.

City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta has formed multiple teams to secure the road from the Mysore Airport to Chamundi Hill and from Chamundi Hill to the Mysore Palace that will witness the VVIP movement. The route from the Airport to Chamundi Hill will be fully sanitised today and tomorrow and teams are adopting technology to fortify the President’s cavalcade route. The 14-km stretch from the Airport to Chamundi Hill on Ooty Road has been divided among senior officers and junior staff for sanitisation, security maintenance and upkeep. Teams with drone cameras are also keeping an eye on security arrangements and they have been told that there must not be any lapse. The fool-proof security arrangements assume significance, as it will be the President’s first visit to Karnataka and the first stop, will be Mysuru.The elephant team started its journey from the Mysore Palace on the Jumboo Savari route at reached the Government Ayurveda College Circle, the lights were fully switched on. The lights were lit from 7 pm to 8.30 pm so that the elephant march amidst lights passes off smoothly.

The Wooden Howdah was mounted on Gopalaswamy and it performed the feat with ease. The elephants showed immense patience and their grooming was on full display as they walked under illuminated roads, amidst people, traffic and the usual sounds. The idea was to make the elephants feel at home despite the dazzling lights all the way from the Palace to Bannimantap Grounds.

Following Gopalaswamy were the other 12 elephants including Abhimanyu and all of them displayed their prowess majestically and the team returned to the Palace at 8.30 pm.