Bharata's entourage of sixty thousand chariots was filled with valorous men, carrying sparkling weapons followed by skilled archers and soldiers, as well as a hundred thousand horses, mounted by armed riders. The forward royal entourage consisted of the queens Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi, their faces aglow at the prospect of soon beholding Rama. Citizens of Ayodhya came in hordes, anxious not to be left out of what seemed to be like a holy pilgrimage. Bharata's retinue was awesome and the nine thousand elephants that trundled along were royally bedecked from head to tail. It comprised of sixty thousand chariots, an army mounted on a hundred thousand horses followed by ministers and priests riding magnificent chariots. Thousands more came towards Dandaka traveling in bullock carts and on any available mode of transport. There were merchants, potters, jewelers, hunters, goldsmiths, tailors, shepherds, jugglers, masons, distillers and carpenters. Along with them came cord weavers, ivory makers, confectioners and many more of diverse professions, who unwilling to be left behind came in droves.But the one common cause of their travel, the only desire that made every one's heart palpate with excitement, was Rama!The very thought that they would soon be with him lent wings to their feet. At Srngaberapura, a region under the rule of Guha, Bharata ordered for the armies to disband for the night.