| We saw tigers, too, as close as you like from the swaying perch of the howdah on the back of the elephants. |
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| In the 1970s, the government stepped in to conduct the procession with the idol of the Goddess placed on the golden howdah. |
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| Our little lord, perched imperiously in his howdah, was gradually succumbing to the chill wind out of the south. |
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| Better yet, you see most of it on foot or on elephant-back, perched atop a cushioned howdah. |
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| The umpire of the game oversees the play from a wooden howdah on the back of the largest elephant. |
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| We were first, and as the elephant emerged from the forest, I was hustled out of the jeep and up onto the howdah, or platform, along with two other members of our group. |
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| The exhibition will begin with a recreation of an Indian royal procession with a life-sized model elephant adorned with animal jewellery, textiles and trappings, and surmounted with a silver howdah. |
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