Jagadhatri Puja 2026

Jagadhatri Puja is Chandannagar's biggest festival, and the 2026 edition runs from 14 to 19 November. The six days move from Panchami to Dashami, with the main puja on Navami, 18 November. Across Chandannagar, Mankundu, Bhadreswar, Chinsurah and Khalisani, more than 180 committees put up pandals, and many neighbourhoods compete over light displays, idols and the scale of their arrangements.

The puja is not concentrated in one street. The pandals are spread across the town and its neighbouring areas, so the practical way to see them is to pick a zone, walk a route, and leave time for the crowds. The pandal directory lists every committee with its address, zone, founding year and coordinates. The map shows the same pandals by location and can build a walking route from where you are.

Use the directory if you already know which pandal you want to see. Use the map if you want to start from your current location and work through the nearest ones. The dashboard keeps a record of the pandals you mark as visited, so you can spread the puja over several evenings instead of trying to cover everything in one night.

Most visitors go after dark, when the lights are on. Weekends and Navami are the busiest, and walking is usually faster than driving between pandals. Carry water, follow the crowd flows, and check the map before setting out.