Daśaharā in Bastar/Jagdalpur has nothing to do with the Rāmāya‚a or the Devīmāhātmya, as elsewhere in India. Here, Danteśvarī, the tutelary goddess of the erstwhile royal family, is at the centre of the festival. Invited by the royal family, goddess Danteśvarī arrives from Dantewā`ā, the former capital of Bastar; many village goddesses of the tribal environment also attend. Smaller or larger silver umbrellas are used to represent the goddesses. Some wooden frames (ā‚gās) are used to represent male gods. The climax of the festival is reached, when Danteśvarī, the guest of honor, arrives together with Māvlī, the tutelary goddess of the earlier dynasty, who is represented by a type of palanquin (`oli). One of the most outstanding features of the festival is the procession of two big wooden chariots, constructed by different groups of divāsis and pulled around a certain quarter of the city by other groups, according to a fixed tradition. In the past, the festival served as the annual means of re-endorsing royal power. Since 1999 the grand-nephew of the last Mahārāja of Bastar has again taken over most of the ritual functions.