pandals

In playgrounds, traffic circles, ponds—wherever space may be available—elaborate structures called pandals 'are set up, many with nearly a year's worth of planning behind them.

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It is the most important festival in Bengal, and Bengalis celebrate with new clothes and other gifts, which are worn on the evenings when the family goes out to see the 'pandals' temporary structures set up to venerate the goddess.

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Steps were also taken to erect 'pandals' (thatched sheds) outside the booths so that electorates could wait for their turn to vote.

Daily News & Analysis 2009

Steps were also taken to erect 'pandals' (thatched sheds) outside the booths so that electorates could wait for their turn to vote.

Daily News & Analysis 2009

Huge decorative temporary structures called "pandals" are constructed to house these grand prayer services, followed by mass feeding, and cultural functions.

Past, Present and Me Vee 2009

Steps were also taken to erect 'pandals' (thatched sheds) outside the booths so that electorates could wait for their turn to vote.

Daily News & Analysis 2009

Steps were also taken to erect 'pandals' (thatched sheds) outside the booths so that electorates could wait for their turn to vote.

Daily News & Analysis 2009

During the festival, Ganesha idols are worshipped at hundreds of "pandals" or makeshift tents before they are immersed in water bodies.

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Be it residents or celebrities from outside like Shah Rukh Khan, people came in hordes to join the festivities for Mahashasti, even though it was just the first day of the five-day festival during which Hindu goddess Durga is worshipped in 'pandals' or marquees all over the city.

India eNews 2008

Divyakant Solanki/European Pressphoto Agency Left, a shopkeeper displayed Ganesh pandals at a jewelry show in Mumbai, Aug. 4.

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