Durga Puja 2026 · 11–21 October · Kolkata and Howrah

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Durga Puja 2026 at a glance

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Puja season
Durga Puja 2026 in Kolkata runs from Mahalaya on Saturday 10 October to Bijoya Dashami on Wednesday 21 October.
Main days
The main Puja days in 2026 are Shashthi on Friday 16 October, Saptami on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18, Ashtami on Monday 19, Navami on Tuesday 20 and Dashami on Wednesday 21, by the Gupta Press and Benimadhab Sil panjikas that Pujo Passport's stamps follow. Bishuddha Siddhanta, Drik Panchang and Belur Math count Saturday 17 as a second Shashthi, and the West Bengal government holiday list differs on 15 to 17 October.
Sandhi Puja
Sandhi Puja 2026 is on Ashtami, Monday 19 October: 10:27 to 11:15 am in Kolkata by Drik Panchang, 10:28 to 11:16 am by the Bishuddha Siddhanta panjika and Belur Math, or 7:26 to 8:14 am by the Gupta Press panjika.
Sindoor Khela
The government list, Drik Panchang and the Benimadhab Sil panjika put Bijoya Dashami, Sindoor Khela and the immersion on Wednesday 21 October 2026.
Stamps
Pujo Passport stamps open at 5 am IST on Prothoma, Sunday 11 October 2026, and close at 5 am on Thursday 22 October; each Puja day runs from 5 am to 5 am.
Pandals
Pujo Passport lists 388 Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata and Howrah: 362 community (sarbojanin) pujas and 26 bonedi bari family pujas.
By area
By zone, Pujo Passport lists North Kolkata 89, Central Kolkata 56, South Kolkata 195, Salt Lake & Lake Town 33 and Howrah 15 pandals.
Trails
Pujo Passport has 36 recommended walking trails of 4 to 9 pandals each: 10 filed under North Kolkata, 4 under Central Kolkata, 17 under South Kolkata and 5 under Salt Lake & Lake Town.
Metro
From 17 to 20 October 2026 the Blue and Green Metro lines are due to run until about 4 am, and the Orange Line has no service from 17 to 21 October (Metro Railway Kolkata, 8 October 2026, reported by PTI).
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Durga Puja 2026 dates in Kolkata

Durga Puja 2026 in Kolkata runs from Mahalaya on Saturday 10 October to Bijoya Dashami on Wednesday 21 October. By the Gupta Press and Benimadhab Sil panjikas the main days are Shashthi, Friday 16 October; Saptami, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18; Ashtami, Monday 19; Navami, Tuesday 20; and Dashami, Wednesday 21. Bishuddha Siddhanta, Drik Panchang and Belur Math count Saturday 17 as a second Shashthi, and the West Bengal government holiday list differs on 15 to 17 October.

Durga Puja 2026 in Kolkata, day by day, with the day names in English and Bengali
DateDayWhat happens
SatMahalayaমহালয়াDurga Puja 2026 begins. Stamps open the next morning.
SunProthomaপ্রথমাStamps open at 5 am IST.Stamp: Shiuli flower
MonDwitiyaদ্বিতীয়াStamp: Kash plume
TueTritiyaতৃতীয়াStamp: Puja bell
WedChaturthiচতুর্থীStamp: Pandal lights
ThuPanchamiপঞ্চমীPanchami in every panjika and in Drik Panchang; the government list calls it Maha Chaturthi.Stamp: The first long night
FriShashthiষষ্ঠীShashthi in every panjika and in Drik Panchang; the government list calls it Maha Panchami. Kalparambha in the morning and the Bodhon in the evening (Bishuddha Siddhanta, Gupta Press, Benimadhab Sil and Belur Math).Stamp: Bodhon, the goddess awakens
SatSaptamiসপ্তমীSaptami in Gupta Press and Benimadhab Sil, with the Navapatrika (Kola Bou) bath that morning. A second Shashthi in Bishuddha Siddhanta, Drik Panchang (Kalparambha and Akal Bodhon) and Belur Math; Maha Shashthi in the government list. Late Metro runs from 17 to 20 October.Stamp: Kola Bou
SunSaptamiসপ্তমীSaptami in every calendar, the government list included. Bishuddha Siddhanta, Drik Panchang and Belur Math hold the Navapatrika (Kola Bou) bath on this day. Pujo Passport prints a second Saptami stamp, the same design with this date.Stamp: Kola Bou
MonAshtamiঅষ্টমীKumari Puja and Sandhi Puja: 10:27 to 11:15 am by Drik Panchang, or 7:26 to 8:14 am by Gupta Press.Stamp: 108 lotuses
TueNavamiনবমীNavami, and the Dussehra holiday. The Dashami tithi starts at about 12:50 pm, so some pujas begin darpan bisarjan and Sindoor Khela in the afternoon.Stamp: Dhunuchi
WedDashamiদশমীBijoya Dashami: Sindoor Khela and the immersion (bisarjan). Stamps close at 5 am on Thursday 22 October.Stamp: Bisarjan

Two Saptamis: why calendars disagree on 15–17 October

Every calendar agrees that Monday 19 October is Ashtami, Tuesday 20 Navami and Wednesday 21 Dashami. Every panjika and Drik Panchang also make Thursday 15 Panchami and Friday 16 Shashthi. They differ on Saturday 17, and the West Bengal government holiday list differs on 15 to 17 October.

In the Gupta Press and Benimadhab Sil panjikas the Saptami tithi is running at sunrise on two days. It begins at 3:45 am on Saturday 17 by Gupta Press (3:47 am by Benimadhab Sil) and ends at 5:52 am on Sunday 18 (5:53 am by Benimadhab Sil). These panjikas hold the Navapatrika (Kola Bou) bath and the Saptami puja on Saturday morning. Bengali media, among them Ei Samay, TV9 Bangla, AajTak Bangla, Asianet News Bangla and Bartaman, report two days of Saptami under the old (prachin) panjikas.

Bishuddha Siddhanta, Drik Panchang (Kolkata) and Belur Math count these days differently. For them Shashthi is on two days, Friday 16 and Saturday 17, and Saptami is Sunday 18 only. Shashthi ends at 5:55 am on Saturday 17 by Bishuddha Siddhanta (5:54 am by Drik Panchang), and Saptami runs until 8:29 am on Sunday 18 (8:27 am by Drik Panchang). In these the Navapatrika bath is on Sunday 18. Belur Math's programme calls Saturday 17 'Shashthi (Additional Puja)'.

Friday 16 October is Shashthi in every panjika and almanac. Bishuddha Siddhanta, Gupta Press, Benimadhab Sil and Belur Math hold Kalparambha that morning and the Bodhon, with Amantran and Adhivas, that evening; Belur Math has Kalparambha at 6:00 am and Bodhon at 6:15 pm. Drik Panchang lists Bilva Nimantran on Friday 16, and Kalparambha and Akal Bodhon on Saturday 17.

The West Bengal government holiday list for 2026 has Maha Chaturthi on Thursday 15, Maha Panchami on Friday 16, Maha Shashthi on Saturday 17 and Maha Saptami on Sunday 18. From Maha Ashtami on Monday 19 it agrees with the panjikas.

Pujo Passport prints Panchami on Thursday 15, Shashthi on Friday 16 and Saptami on both Saturday 17 and Sunday 18, as the Gupta Press and Benimadhab Sil panjikas count them. At a puja that follows Bishuddha Siddhanta or Belur Math, Saturday 17 is a second Shashthi and the Navapatrika bath is on Sunday 18. The two Saptami stamps differ only in the date printed on them. The day name on a stamp is a label for the date. It is not a ritual time.

Sandhi Puja time 2026

Kumari Puja and Sandhi Puja are both on Ashtami, Monday 19 October. Drik Panchang gives the Sandhi Puja time in Kolkata as 10:27 to 11:15 am. The Bishuddha Siddhanta panjika and Belur Math give 10:28 to 11:16 am, and Belur Math holds Kumari Puja at 9:00 am. Pujas that follow the Gupta Press panjika hold Sandhi Puja earlier, from 7:25 to 8:13 am (often printed as 7:26 to 8:14 am), and finish anjali by 7:03 am. Times depend on the panjika, so check with the puja you plan to visit.

Bijoya Dashami, Sindoor Khela and immersion

Navami is Tuesday 20 October in the government list, in Drik Panchang's Kolkata calendar, in every Bengal panjika and at Belur Math. Dussehra, the all-India holiday, falls on the same day. Those calendars put Bijoya Dashami, Sindoor Khela and the immersion (bisarjan) on Wednesday 21 October. This year the Navami tithi starts on Monday morning and the Dashami tithi at about 12:50 pm on Tuesday, so some puja schedules hold Navami rites on Monday 19 and start darpan bisarjan and Sindoor Khela on Tuesday afternoon. Asianet News Bangla gives a window from 12:50 pm on Tuesday 20 to 2:11 pm on Wednesday 21. Ask the puja you plan to visit.

Kolkata and Howrah pandals by area

Pujo Passport lists 388 Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata and Howrah, in 5 zones. That is the app's list, not a count of every puja in the city. Each name opens the pandal's own page, with its area, the nearest Metro station and the pandals nearby.

North Kolkata উত্তর কলকাতা

89 pandals

Pujo Passport lists 89 Durga Puja pandals in North Kolkata: 78 community (sarbojanin) pujas and 11 bonedi bari family pujas. The list runs from Kumartuli, where the idols are made, through Bagbazar, Ahiritola, Shobhabazar, Hatibagan, Shyambazar, Hedua, Simla and Jorasanko to Dum Dum Park, and north to Cossipore, Belghoria, Agarpara and Panihati. Trails filed here include the North heritage walk, Hatibagan and Shyambazar, and two bonedi bari trails.

All 89 North Kolkata pandals by area

Central Kolkata মধ্য কলকাতা

56 pandals

Pujo Passport lists 56 Durga Puja pandals in Central Kolkata: 48 community (sarbojanin) pujas and 8 bonedi bari family pujas. Ultadanga and Kankurgachi have the most, then Beleghata and College Street, with more in Sealdah, Thanthania, Tangra, Colootola, Chorbagan, Bowbazar, Janbazar and Wellington. Trails: College Street to Sealdah, Ultadanga lanes, Kankurgachi to Beleghata, and Bonedi baris: Chorbagan to Janbazar. Two North Kolkata trails also end here.

All 56 Central Kolkata pandals by area

Ultadanga 11

South Kolkata দক্ষিণ কলকাতা

195 pandals

Pujo Passport lists 195 Durga Puja pandals in South Kolkata: 189 community (sarbojanin) pujas and 6 bonedi bari family pujas. More pandals than any other zone. Bhowanipore and Behala have the most, then Kalighat, Kidderpore, Barisha, Haridevpur and Kasba; the rest include Ballygunge, Gariahat, Ekdalia, Deshapriya Park, Jodhpur Park, Santoshpur and Garia. The family pujas are the Mallick, Mitra and Dey houses in Bhowanipore, the two Sabarna Roy Choudhury houses in Barisha and the Bhukailash Rajbari in Kidderpore.

All 195 South Kolkata pandals by area

Barisha 13

Behala 23

Bhowanipore 23

Haridevpur 9

Kalighat 16

Kidderpore 13

Salt Lake & Lake Town সল্টলেক ও লেকটাউন

33 pandals

Pujo Passport lists 33 Durga Puja pandals in Salt Lake & Lake Town: all community (sarbojanin) pujas. Most are Salt Lake block pujas across Sectors I, II and III; the rest are in Baguiati, Kestopur, Lake Town, Sreebhumi, Patipukur and New Town. Three short Salt Lake block walks, Sreebhumi and Lake Town, and Baguiati and Kestopur cover the zone.

All 33 Salt Lake & Lake Town pandals by area

Howrah হাওড়া

15 pandals

Pujo Passport lists 15 Durga Puja pandals in Howrah: 14 community (sarbojanin) pujas and 1 bonedi bari family puja. Across the river in Salkia, Kadamtala, Shibpur, Bantra, Dasnagar, Bally, Ichapur and Andul. The one family puja is the Shibpur Raychowdhury Bari. There is no Howrah trail yet. Three stamps in Howrah earn the Opar Ganga badge.

All 15 Howrah pandals by area
The full pandal list, with Bengali names

Bonedi bari pujas

A bonedi bari (বনেদি বাড়ি) puja is a heritage family puja, usually held in the family's house. A sarbojanin (সার্বজনীন) puja is a community puja run by a neighbourhood club or committee. Pujo Passport lists 26 bonedi bari pujas: 11 in North Kolkata, 8 in Central Kolkata, 6 in South Kolkata and 1 in Howrah.

North Kolkata 11

Central Kolkata 8

South Kolkata 6

Howrah 1

Three trails visit only family pujas: Bonedi baris: Bagbazar to Hatkhola (BNDNTH, 8 houses), Bonedi baris: Chorbagan to Janbazar (BNDCTL, 7 houses) and Bonedi highlights: Shobhabazar to Thanthania (BNDBAR, 8 houses). Barisha and the Sabarna houses (BRSHA2) takes in the two Sabarna Roy Choudhury houses, and the Kidderpore trail (KDRPR2) starts at the Bhukailash Rajbari. The Laha Bari puja moves between branches of the Laha family, so confirm this year's house before you go. Stamps at 3 different family pujas earn the Bonedi Bari badge.

Walking trails

Pujo Passport has 36 recommended walking trails, filed by zone. Each has 4 to 9 pandals, with the stops in the shortest walking order, and between them they visit 228 of the 388 pandals. There is no Howrah trail yet.

Pick one zone, or one trail, for a night. The app works out walking times from the straight-line distance between pins, multiplied by 1.3 for winding streets, at a crowd pace of 3.5 km/h, plus 15 minutes at each pandal. On that basis the North heritage walk, 8 pandals over about 3.7 km, takes about 3 hours before any queues.

North Kolkata: 10 trails
  • North heritage walk 8 stops
  • Hatibagan and Shyambazar 8 stops
  • Bonedi highlights: Shobhabazar to Thanthania 8 stops
  • Simla, Hedua and Chaltabagan 9 stops
  • Shyambazar to Tala 7 stops
  • Jorasanko and Pathuriaghata 9 stops
  • Bonedi baris: Bagbazar to Hatkhola 8 stops
  • Tala and Paikpara 8 stops
  • Maniktala lanes 8 stops
  • Jorabagan and Nimtala 6 stops
Central Kolkata: 4 trails
  • College Street to Sealdah 7 stops
  • Ultadanga lanes 9 stops
  • Kankurgachi to Beleghata 9 stops
  • Bonedi baris: Chorbagan to Janbazar 7 stops
South Kolkata: 17 trails
  • Ballygunge and Gariahat 8 stops
  • Kalighat and Chetla 7 stops
  • Behala belt 7 stops
  • Bhowanipore 9 stops
  • Kidderpore 6 stops
  • Jodhpur Park and Dhakuria 5 stops
  • Kasba and Bosepukur 4 stops
  • Haridevpur 6 stops
  • New Alipore and north Behala 5 stops
  • Barisha and the Sabarna houses 5 stops
  • Santoshpur and Baghajatin 5 stops
  • Naktala to Garia 4 stops
  • Bhowanipore lanes 9 stops
  • Kalighat to Lake Market 8 stops
  • Kidderpore: Mansatala and around 7 stops
  • Behala: Roy Bahadur Road and around 9 stops
  • Barisha lanes 6 stops
Salt Lake & Lake Town: 5 trails
  • Sreebhumi and Lake Town 4 stops
  • Salt Lake: FD Block and around 5 stops
  • Salt Lake: BJ Block and around 4 stops
  • Salt Lake: AE Block and around 4 stops
  • Baguiati and Kestopur 7 stops

Each trail's stops, its walk on a map and directions to every pandal open in the app once you sign in.

Metro and crowds during Puja 2026

On 8 October 2026 Metro Railway Kolkata announced special Puja services (reported by PTI via ThePrint). From Saptami to Navami, 17 to 20 October, the Blue Line is due to run from 1 pm until about 4 am the next morning and the Green Line from 1:30 pm until about 4 am. The Yellow and Purple lines run afternoons and evenings only, and the Orange Line has no service from 17 to 21 October. On Dashami, 21 October, the Blue and Green lines run from the afternoon until about 10:30 pm. On 15 and 16 October the Blue and Green lines keep daytime hours, about 6 am to 11 pm. Check Metro Railway Kolkata's own notices before you plan around a late train. Each pandal page, the map and each trail name the nearest open Metro station and the walk to it; Pujo Passport does not include metro timings or plan metro journeys.

The app's trail times assume a crowd pace of 3.5 km/h and 15 minutes at each pandal without a big queue. Big queues take longer, and the trail pages say so.

The hype score on the map shows where people are stamping. It counts every stamp at a pandal, gives extra weight to the last few hours, and scales the result from 0 to 100 against the pandal with the highest score at that moment: Quiet, Warming up, Buzzing or On fire. It measures stamps in the app, not the size of the crowd.

Ten Puja days, ten designs, 20 badges

Each Puja day has its own stamp design, from a shiuli flower on Prothoma to a bisarjan boat on Dashami, and your stamps print in English, Bengali or Hindi, whichever you choose. Saptami falls on two dates this year, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, so both print the Saptami design, each with its own date. You can collect one stamp per pandal per day; come back on another day and you get another stamp.

  1. Prothomaপ্রথমাShiuli flower
  2. Dwitiyaদ্বিতীয়াKash plume
  3. Tritiyaতৃতীয়াPuja bell
  4. Chaturthiচতুর্থীPandal lights
  5. Panchamiপঞ্চমীThe first long night
  6. Shashthiষষ্ঠীBodhon, the goddess awakens
  7. Saptamiসপ্তমীKola Bou
  8. Ashtamiঅষ্টমী108 lotuses
  9. NavamiনবমীDhunuchi
  10. DashamiদশমীBisarjan

The 20 badges

  • Prothom DarshanYour first stamp of the Pujo
  • Pandal Hopper10 stamps
  • Thakur Dekha Pro25 stamps
  • Pujo Legend50 stamps
  • Century100 stamps
  • Marathon8 pandals in one Puja day
  • Night OwlA stamp between 1 am and 5 am
  • Ashtami AnjaliA stamp on Ashtami morning, 6 am to noon
  • Char RaatStamps on Shashthi, Saptami, Ashtami and Navami
  • Dosh DinA stamp on every day from Prothoma to Dashami
  • Amader PujoThe same pandal on 5 different days
  • Uttor Kolkata5 stamps in North Kolkata
  • Moddhyo Kolkata5 stamps in Central Kolkata
  • Dokkhin Kolkata5 stamps in South Kolkata
  • Purbo Kolkata5 stamps in Salt Lake, Lake Town and around
  • Opar Ganga3 stamps across the river in Howrah
  • Sara KolkataA stamp in every zone
  • Bonedi Bari3 different heritage family pujas
  • Dol Bendhe3 stamps with a crewmate: same pandal, within 15 minutes
  • TrailblazerAdded a pandal that the community verified
See all ten stamp designs

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Questions people ask

When is Durga Puja 2026 in Kolkata?

Durga Puja 2026 in Kolkata runs from Mahalaya on Saturday 10 October to Bijoya Dashami on Wednesday 21 October. In the Gupta Press and Benimadhab Sil panjikas the main days are Shashthi, Friday 16; Saptami, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18; Ashtami, Monday 19; Navami, Tuesday 20; and Dashami, Wednesday 21. The government list differs on 15 to 17 October.

What time is Sandhi Puja in 2026?

Sandhi Puja is on Ashtami, Monday 19 October. Drik Panchang gives 10:27 to 11:15 am for Kolkata, and the Bishuddha Siddhanta panjika and Belur Math give 10:28 to 11:16 am. Pujas that follow the Gupta Press panjika hold it earlier, from 7:26 to 8:14 am. Times depend on the panjika, so check with the puja you plan to visit.

Why is Saptami on two days in 2026?

The Gupta Press and Benimadhab Sil panjikas have the Saptami tithi running at sunrise on both Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October, so Pujo Passport prints Saptami on both days. Bishuddha Siddhanta, Drik Panchang and Belur Math count Saturday 17 as a second Shashthi. The government holiday list differs on 15 to 17 October. From Sunday 18, every calendar agrees.

When is Sindoor Khela in 2026?

The government list, Drik Panchang and the Benimadhab Sil panjika put Bijoya Dashami, Sindoor Khela and the immersion on Wednesday 21 October. The Dashami tithi starts at about 12:50 pm on Tuesday 20, so some pujas begin darpan bisarjan and Sindoor Khela that afternoon. Ask the puja you plan to visit.

Will Kolkata Metro run late during Puja 2026?

Metro Railway Kolkata announced special Puja services on 8 October 2026, reported by PTI. From 17 to 20 October the Blue Line is due to run from 1 pm until about 4 am and the Green Line from 1:30 pm until about 4 am. The Orange Line has no service from 17 to 21 October. Check Metro's own notices first.

How many pandals are on Pujo Passport?

Pujo Passport lists 388 Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata and Howrah: North Kolkata 89, Central Kolkata 56, South Kolkata 195, Salt Lake & Lake Town 33 and Howrah 15. Of these, 362 are community (sarbojanin) pujas and 26 are bonedi bari family pujas. That is the app's own list, not a count of every puja in the city.

Which area has the most pandals on Pujo Passport?

South Kolkata has the most, 195 of the 388 listed pandals. By zone the list has North Kolkata 89, Central Kolkata 56, South Kolkata 195, Salt Lake & Lake Town 33 and Howrah 15. Of single areas, Bhowanipore and Behala have the most, 23 each. These are counts of the app's list, not of every puja.

What is the difference between a bonedi bari and a sarbojanin puja?

A bonedi bari puja is a heritage family puja, usually held in the family's house. A sarbojanin puja is a community puja run by a neighbourhood club or committee. Pujo Passport lists 26 bonedi bari pujas: 11 in North Kolkata, 8 in Central Kolkata, 6 in South Kolkata and 1 in Howrah.

Are there walking trails for pandal hopping?

Pujo Passport has 36 recommended walking trails: 10 filed under North Kolkata, 4 under Central Kolkata, 17 under South Kolkata and 5 under Salt Lake & Lake Town. There is no Howrah trail yet. Each has 4 to 9 pandals in the shortest walking order, timed at a crowd pace of 3.5 km/h plus 15 minutes per pandal.

What is Pujo Passport, and is it free?

Pujo Passport is a free web app for Durga Puja 2026 in Kolkata and Howrah. At each pandal you visit, you check in by GPS and collect a stamp. Stamps earn badges, put you on leaderboards and fill a passport you can share. It runs in your phone's browser, with nothing to install, and some pages show ads.

Do I need to sign in to collect stamps?

Yes. You sign in with a Google account; there is no other way. Google sign-in does not work inside Instagram's or Facebook's own browser, so open the link in Chrome or Safari first. Stamps open at 5 am IST on Sunday 11 October 2026 and close at 5 am on Thursday 22 October.

How close to the pandal do I need to be?

Your phone's GPS has to put you within about 150 m of the pandal's pin. Where a pin is less certain the circle is wider: 200 m, or 400 m for the 24 rough pins. You can collect one stamp per pandal per Puja day, and a Puja day runs from 5 am to 5 am IST.

Is Pujo Passport an entry pass or a VIP pass?

No. Pujo Passport is a stamp-collecting game, not an entry pass or a VIP pass, and it gives no priority entry or queue skipping at any pandal. It does not cover puja awards or opening times, so check those with the puja committee or an official source before you set out.

What does Pujo Passport keep about me?

It keeps your Google name, email and photo from sign-in, and for each stamp the pandal, the time and the GPS position your phone reported. Phone, gender and locality are optional and never shown to others. Your public passport shows pandals and days, never times or your location. Analytics, cookies and ads are explained on the rules page.

A pandal is missing. Can I add it?

Yes, during the Puja days. If you are standing at a puja that is not listed, add it from the app at your position and collect your stamp. Your GPS needs to be accurate to about 60 m, and each person can add up to 3. It counts on the leaderboards once 3 different people have stamped it.

Sources: the West Bengal Finance (Audit) Department holiday list for 2026 (Notification No. 4188-F(P2), 27 November 2025); the Government of India's 2026 holiday list (DoPT, 3 July 2025); Drik Panchang for Kolkata; the Bishuddha Siddhanta and Gupta Press panjikas as published by Anandabazar Patrika; the Benimadhab Sil panjika; Belur Math's Sri Sri Durga Puja 2026 programme; Ei Samay, TV9 Bangla and AajTak Bangla (1 and 15 October 2026); Asianet News Bangla (29 September 2026); Metro Railway Kolkata's Puja services, reported by PTI via ThePrint (8 October 2026). Pandal pins come from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, published pandal directories and shared Google Maps lists. Counts are for Pujo Passport's own list.

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