There are two opinions about the palanquins. Princesses are carried in elaborately carved palanquins. The king agreed and the first few palanquins had women and children. But these day the figurative palanquins are very seldom used. His retinue of one thousand palanquins stopped there for some time. The hieroglyphic inscription describes how Wat'ul Chatel arrived with his palanquins and his patron deities. Nadan men rode horses and their women rode in covered palanquins. In the parade, some people are carried in colourful decorated palanquins shaded by umbrellas. A place named "Dulahazara", meaning "one thousand palanquins", still exists in the area. Travel across the forest had to be on foot or using palanquins. The procession is headed by old palanquins, chariots, bullock carts, and performance by folk artists. Yet, the other is that the queens of the reigning monarch travelled in those palanquins. Santal styled Palanquins were also finely carved and designed. Pilgrims carry palanquins of the saints from their samadhi shrines. They always moved out in decorated palanquins or on the back of the elephants.