 Colourful tableaux, dance groups, music bands, decorated elephants, horses and camels form a part of the procession which starts from the Mysore Palace and culminates at a place called "Bannimantap" where the "banni" tree ("Prosopis spicigera") is worshipped.According to a legend of the Mahabharata, "banni" tree was used by the Pandavas to hide their weapons during their one-year period of "Agnatavasa" (living life incognito).Before undertaking any warfare, the kings traditionally worshipped this tree to help them emerge victorious in the war.