1. Farewell to Arjuna: Hundreds of people bid adieu to Karnataka’s beloved tusker
Hundreds of people bid adieu to Arjuna, the 64-year-old tusker, who was laid to rest at the Forest Department plantation at Dabbalikatte in Yeslur range in Sakaleshpur on Tuesday, December 5. Arjuna died in a fight with a wild tusker during an elephant capture operation in the Yeslur Range of the forest on Monday afternoon.
Many people from nearby villages and towns gathered to pay their homage to the tusker. Arjuna’s mahout, Vinod, was inconsolable and could be seen trying to wake the tusker up, unwilling to believe that Arjuna was no more. The last rites were conducted with traditional rituals and a gun salute.
