Delhi Durga Puja with Map locations

Complete Guide To Durga Pujas In NCR (Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida) With Map Location Pin

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Durga Puja in Delhi / NCR

The first Durga Puja started in Delhi in the year 1910, (Kashmere Gate Durga Puja). Now several hundred Durga Pujas are organized across Delhi and its NCR towns of Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad, and Ghaziabad. (Location pin in the map below)

Significance: Durga Puja celebrates Ma Durga’s visit to her parental home on earth with her children (Lakshmi, Saraswati, Kartik, and Ganesh).

It’s a festival that combines worship with food, fashion, functions, and musical events.

Durga Puja map in Delhi (with exact map pin)

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Best days to visit the Durga Puja pandals

Durga Puja in Delhi is spread across the following days

The best time is generally the evening time. By this time, the lighting and decorations are in full glow. The food stalls are up. The atmosphere is lively with people of all age groups in festive spirits.

Durga Puja DayTips for Pandal Hopping
Panchami
Tue, Oct 8, 2024
Some of the bigger Pandals are unofficially open. Most pandals also have “Anando Mela” organized on this day.

Some Durga pujas also do this a day before or after Panchami.
Sasthi
Wed, Oct 9, 2024
Durga Pujo officially starts from Sasthi evening. So this evening is the best time to cover the most popular pandals with shorter queues.

Saptami
Thu, Oct 10, 2024
The count of visitors slowly starts increasing by Saptami
Asthami
Fri, Oct 11, 2024
Asthami marks the end of the Navratri festival in North India. So there is a huge surge of visitors from this day. The food stalls also see a rise in footfalls.
Navami
Sat, Oct 12, 2024
This being the last day, it sees the maximum rush of visitors. Expect long queues to enter the popular pandals.
Also, expect a vast array of food stalls to run out of stock earlier than usual!!
Dashami
Sun, Oct 13, 2024 
This marks the journey back of Ma Durga. The idols are dismantled with dance and Sindhoor-Khela and then taken to a nearby water body or river for immersion
Plan your pandal hopping as per the list

Major Events Of A Durga Puja In Delhi NCR

Anando Mela

Anando Mela is more of a modern-day event, where the local members bring homemade delicacies to sell at the Durga Puja pandal (A pre-designated evening, normally Panchami or Sasthi). Expect a wide range, like homemade sweets, Mutton-Kormas, Chicken-biryanis, Fish-cutlets, Kathi-rolls, Pakodas, Ghugni, Payesh, etc.

Ananda Mela at Delhi NCR Durga Pujas
(c)Arindam Sarkar

Bhog Prasad

Bhog is the Prasad of the puja. It’s a common practice in almost all Delhi / NCR Durga pujas to serve Bhog to all visitors in the afternoon time. Everyone and anyone present is invited. No questions asked. In fact, Bengalis feel so nostalgic about this meal, that they often try preparing A Pujo special Bhog and Labra on a Sunday afternoon, just for some Pujo vibes!

Everyone enjoys Bhog prasad at Delhi NCR Durga Puja
(c)Arindam Sarkar

Food stalls

Durga Puja is also a festival where people relish the choicest food. Be it street food, quick snacks, chicken rolls, biryani, phuchka, or a huge variety of sweets.

Food stalls At Durga Puja
(c)Arindam Sarkar

Evening Aarati

The traditional Puja in the evening. But also a major draw for the visitors.

Evening Arati at Durga Puja Delhi
(c)Arindam Sarkar

Dhaki

Dhaki, or the people who play the Dhak, are integral to Durga puja. They infuse the rhythm during the Durga Puja with their engaging beats.

(c)Arindam Sarkar

Dhunuchi Naach

Dhunuchi Naach is a dance performed during Durga Puja. Most Durga puja pandals also organize a competition for the best dancers.

(c)Arindam Sarkar

Sindoor Khela

A playful ritual involving married women applying sindoor to each other’s faces while also sharing sweets and happiness.

Visarjan

Dashami or Vijaya Dashami. is the last day of Durga puja. On this day immersion is done in a nearby waterbody or Yamuna River.

Visarjan is the final day of Durga Puja
(c)Arindam Sarkar

Some Prominent Durga Puja Areas

Chittaranjan Park, or C.R. Park Durga Puja

is a neighborhood in south-east Delhi. Due to the huge population of Bengalis in that area, it hosts some of the most famous and biggest Durga Pujas of Dellhi-NCR. This area with about half a dozen durga pujas is the biggest draw of visitors for Durga Puja. (The exact location of each puja is marked in the above map)

Kashmere Gate Durga Puja

It is the oldest Durga Puja in Delhi NCR.

New Delhi Kali Bari Durga puja:

It is one of the most prominent Durga Pujas in Central Delhi.

Minto Road Durga Puja

Durga Puja, Aram Bagh Durga Puja

Dwarka Durga Puja

Dwarka, in South-west Delhi, has several durga pujas. (The exact location of each puja is marked in the above map)

Matri-Mandir Durga Puja

South Delhi has Matri-Mandir Puja, famous for its creative pandals and a big food court.

South Delhi Durg Puja

Dakshin Delhi Kali Bari Durga Puja, and, a few in RK Puram and a few Sarojini Nagar

Summary

So, enjoy this festival of Worship, joy, food and entertainment.
Use the map above, to plan your days and go ahead.

Disclaimer: we strive to capture most of the Durga Pujas in Delhi NCR.
To add any missing Durga puja to this map, please leave the details in the comments below.

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Tareef Patani
Tareef Patani
2 months ago

This is quite informative. Thank you for sharing.

Naireeta
Naireeta
2 months ago

Lovely photos as always !!