pandal

On the first day, a pandal (booth) is set up, and supported on twelve posts.

The mana is then placed, with the cloth near it, on a grass mat in the inner pandal.

She next twists off a cocoanut from a bunch hanging at a corner of the pandal.

A bundle of paddy, or a basket filled therewith, is brought to the pandal.

During her absence, the barber performs pūja to Ganapathi in the pandal.