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‖ pandal E. Ind.|ˈpændəl, pænˈdɑːl|
Also 8 bandel, pundull, 9 pan-, pendaul.
[a. Tamil pendal shed.]
A shed, booth, or arbour, esp. for temporary use.
1717J. T. Phillips Acc. Malabar 19 Water-Bandels (which are little Sheds for the Conveniency of drinking Water). 1800Sir T. Munro in G. R. Gleig Life (1830) I. 283, I would not enter his pundull, because he had not paid the labourers who made it. 1810Southey Curse of Kehama ix. Notes Wks. 1838 VIII. 259 The Pandal is a kind of arbour or bower raised before the doors of young married women. 1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 20 A magnificent pendaul..to accommodate 10,000 people. 1815McKenzie in Asiat. Res. XIII. 329 (Y.) Pandauls were erected opposite the two principal fords on the river. 1893Westm. Gaz. 18 Nov. 4/3 The town was gaily decorated in honour of his visit, twenty pandals having been erected along the route to Government House. 1929F. T. Jesse Lacquer Lady i. xii. 86 Her mother, the Kalawoon's wife, was running the pandal or festival pavilion for Thibaw. 1956Times 13 Jan. 3/3 All the music is amplified, since the temporary pandal, which is the equivalent of an Eisteddfod ‘tent’, seats nearly 1,500 people. 1962Housewife (Ceylon) Feb. 19 It was decided to hold the reception at the 39th lane sports club, where there was ample room for two large pandals to be erected. 1963Guardian 11 Apr. 11/3 The Hindu wedding, celebrated under the flowered palm leaf pandal. 1971Weekend (Ceylon) 8 Aug. 3/3 Permanent pandals will be built to decorate the entrances to sacred cities. 1977Oxford Mission Q. Paper Jan.–Mar. 10 An enormous pandal had been erected which covered the whole area on the south side of the church, and the altar was placed on a mound in the middle of it. |