Pandal: Difference between revisions

A '''''pandal''''' in India and neighbouring countries, is a fabricated structure, either temporary or permanent, that is used at many places such as either outside a building or in an open area such as along a public road<ref>{{Cite book|last=Palanithurai|first=Ganapathy|title=A Handbook for Panchayati Raj Administration (Tamil Nadu)|date=2007|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-340-3|pages=229}}</ref> or in front of a house.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rao|first=N. Sudhakar|title=Ethnography of a Nomadic Tribe: A Study of Yanadi|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2002|isbn=978-81-7022-931-5|pages=106}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Saccidānandan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGWa7v08JikC&pg=PA151&dq=pandal+open+area#q=pandal%20open%20area|title=Authors Speak|date=2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1945-8|pages=151}}</ref> This canopy or big tent is often used in a religious or other events that gathers people together, such as a wedding, fair, exhibition or festival.

In [[Hinduism]], a ''pandal'' is a temporary structure set up to usually venerate the god and goddess such as [[Ganesha]] during [[Ganesh Chaturthi]], Krishna during Krishna Janmashtami or the Goddess [[Durga]] during [[Durga Puja]], known as ''[[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] pandal''.{{clarify |post-text = these are only 2 examples|date=July 2016}} Pandals are also used for nonreligious activities. For instance, these tents are put up during cultural programs.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kachru|first=Upendra|title=India Land of a Billion Entrepreneurs|publisher=Pearson Education India|year=2011|isbn=978-81-317-5861-8|pages=165}}</ref>