This year’s Vijayadashami procession could be described as one of the longest as it had 150 participants. It took almost three hours for the participants that included the caparisoned elephants, tableaux and cultural troupes, to exit the palace.
In total, the procession had 49 tableaux including one from every district and 88 cultural troupes with about 50 art themes.
Notwithstanding, the caparisoned elephants led by Abhimanyu, which carried the 750-kg golden howdah, were the star attractions of the Dasara procession that got off to a start around 2.30 p.m. after the Nandi Dhwaja puja at 1.45 p.m. Abhimanyu, flanked by Vijaya and Varalakshmi, exited the palace to proceed towards Bannimantap - the final destination of the procession - around 5.30 p.m.
