Durga Puja 2024: Best pandals to visit in Delhi for the best Ashtami and Navami experience

Published on: Oct 7, 2024, 11:52:50 IST

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From CR Park to Minto Road, here are some top Durga Puja pandals in New Delhi.

The grand scale celebration of Durga Puja in West Bengal is breathtaking, with every alley lighting up with pandals, old Bengali classic songs, and of course, food stalls of jhalmuri, ghugni, phuchka, cutlets, chats, and more. It’s an emotional moment to be away from the mesmerising celebrations of Durga Puja, but several places in Delhi capture the essence of the Durga Puja festival.

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Chittaranjan Park Durga Puja

Chittaranjan Park, or CR Park, is often dubbed 'Mini Bengal' in the heart of Delhi due to its large Bengali community. The area hosts eight Durga Puja pandals, from the Mela Ground to the Kali Mandir. The Anandamela food festival is also held here, offering scrumptious Bengali delicacies, with even local residents setting up stalls of home-cooked food.

New Delhi Kali Bari Temple Durga Puja

New Delhi Kali Bari temple, in Mandir Marg, is a temple for Goddess Kali, who is also one of the avatars of Goddess Durga. The temple established in 1931, has one of the oldest Durga Puja. Subhas Chandra Bose was the first president of the organising committee.

Kashmere Gate Durga Puja

The Kashmere Gate Durga Puja is the oldest in Delhi, dating back to 1910. It is organized by the Bangla Senior Secondary School. The pandal is renowned for its beautiful decorations.

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Minto Road Durga Puja

The pandal is famous for Dhunuchi Naach, a traditional Durga Puja dance. The celebrations are filled with high-spirits, fervour, and zeal. It also has numerous food stalls, dhaki performances, and musical celebrations.

Matri Mandir Durga Puja

Matri Mandir Durga Puja in Safdarjung Enclave has a variety of cultural elements. Devotees enjoy traditional Indian dance and music performances. From bhog to local food stalls, the Durga Puja celebration here is full of enthusiastic energy.

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Adrija Dey
Adrija Dey’s proclivity for observation fuels her storytelling instinct. As a lifestyle journalist, she crafts compelling, relatable narratives across diverse touchpoints of the human experience, including wellness, mental health, relationships, interior design, home decor, food, travel, and fashion that gently nudge readers toward living a little better. For her, stories exist in flesh and bones, carried by human vessels and shaped through everyday endeavours. It is the small stories we live and share that make us human. After all, humans and their lores are the most natural and raw repositories of stories, and uncovering them, for her, is akin to peeling an orange under a winter afternoon sun. Always up for a chat, she believes the best stories come from unfiltered yapping, where "too much information" is kind of the point. A graduate of Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, and an alumna of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, Adrija spends her idle hours cocooned with herbal tea and a gripping thriller, scribbling inner monologues she loosely calls poetic pieces, often with her succulents in attendance. On lazier days, she can be found binge-watching, for the nth time, one from her comfort-show holy trinity: The Office (US), Brooklyn Nine-Nine, or Modern Family. Dancing by herself to her peppy playlists, however, is an everyday ritual she swears by religiously.Read More

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