The Dasara jumbo Lakshmi.
Credit; Special Arrangement
Srirangapatna: Dasara jumbo Lakshmi ran amok out of fear, before Srirangapatna Dasara inauguration at Srirangapatna, Mandya district, on Friday.
The jumbos were being decorated for the inauguaration, near Mini Vidhana Soudha in the town, when Lakshmi started running out of fear. People nearby ran helter skelter out of panic.
However, the alert mahouts and kavadis pacified the jumbo and brought the situation under control within a few minutes.
Three Dasara jumbos Mahendra, Lakshmi and Hiranya were brought from Mysuru to Srirangapatna to take part in the Dasara festival to be inaugurated today (October 4).
This incident occurred just days after jumbos Kanjan and Dhananjaya had strayed out of the Mysuru palace.