A scroll-painting

A wooden platform bearing an image of Shiva on a prancing horse under a canopy, followed by a crowd with dancing-girls and musicians. Four temple cars dragged by ropes bearing images of Durga on a lion, Shiva on Nandi, Shiva on an elephant and Shiva on a horse. Dancing girls and men with fireworks may also be seen. Shiva is carried in an elaborate gold and red carved car drawn by four small red horses.

It is notable that the howdah and the headdress of the elephant are all adorned with tiger stripes of the characteristic form associated with the personal possessions of Tipu Sultan. Following the defeat and death of Tipu Sultan after the Siege of Seringapatam in 1799, his treasury was seized by the British Prize Agents. The British installed the five-year old Krishnaraja Wodeyar III as Maharaja of Mysore, returning the territory to Hindu rule. They gave the young ruler some of Tipu Sultan's possessions, almost certainly including elephant howdahs and accoutrements.