How to Plan Durga Puja in Kolkata — Guide, Routes & Timeline
Plan your Durga Puja 2026 visit with verified dates, pandal hopping routes, metro timings, and a step-by-step checklist — from Mahalaya to Visarjan.
How to plan — 10 milestones
Each milestone is an SEO, content or technical target. M1 is complete; the rest follow.
1/10 done (10%)
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M1 — Durga Puja 2026 dates page
Verified 2026 dates, pandals & full guide — with SEO + Article JSON-LD, published.
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M2 — Pandal-hop-by-metro guide
Metro timings + pandal-hopping routes for one-tap pandal navigation.
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M3 — Live Pandal Guide
500+ pandals tracked with live crowd status, themes and directions.
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M4 — Per-language SEO guides
Bengali + English + Hindi guides with langPath & hreflang.
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M5 — Durga Puja 2026 season hub
2026 season hub from /durga-puja-2026 route.
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M6 — JSON-LD + OG / social cards
Article/FAQ/Event JSON-LD + Open Graph per page.
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M7 — Section-based schema (FAQPage)
FAQPage + BreadcrumbList for every ritual & pandal section.
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M8 — Search Console + sitemap + AI Overview
sitemap.xml + Search Console verification + AI Overview prep.
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M9 — Mobile Core Web Vitals
CLS < 0.1, LCP < 2.5s, INP < 200ms on 4G mobile.
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M10 — Supabase + feature flags + a11y
Supabase RLS + feature flags + accessibility/performance review.
Planning tips — 5 steps
Set dates
Mahalaya (10 Oct) → Maha Shashthi (16 Oct) → Vijaya Dashami (21 Oct)
Pick belts
One belt per evening — North / Central / South — metro for longer jumps
Theme pandals
Suruchi Sangha, Chetla Agrani, Ekdalia — morning-afternoon for big themes
Live crowd
Durga Puja Guide 500+ pandals live — crowd, theme, address per pandal
Metro guide
Kolkata Metro night extra service — best route for pandal hopping