Mysuru, July 4 -- The tusk of howdah-carrier of Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara elephant Abhimanyu was partially broken at Mathigodu elephant camp in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve forest yesterday.

The 59-year-old Abhimanyu was carrying the wooden logs in the camp, when the logs accidentally tilted and a portion of its left tusk was half-broken, unable to withstand the weight of the logs.

Abhimanyu, who will be carrying the 750-kg Golden Howdah during Jumboo Savari in the forthcoming Dasara too, has been the prime attraction of the cultural pageantry. He has been carrying the howdah consecutively since the year 2020 and will be carrying the howdah for the seventh year in a row, when Dasara unfolds in October this year too. However, with his tusk br...