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Face of a Durga idol at a South Kolkata pujo, with a white sholapith crown and marigold garlands

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Pandal hopping without the crush: Saptami to Dashami 2026

Four days of Kolkata's Durga Puja remain after Saturday evening's crush at Chorbagan. Before you set out, here is when to go, how late the Metro runs, what to do if a crowd closes in and which numbers to keep on your phone.

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Lists of songs and audio stories to play here, by mood, season and hour.

  1. Listen

    Manna Dey's Bengali songs: 14 to start with

  2. Listen

    Old Bengali songs: 20 adhunik songs, and who made each one

  3. Listen

    Bengal's ghost stories, place by place: where each is set, and what to hear

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    Pujo listening: stories for a lazy Saptami and an Ashtami adda

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    Lalon geeti: seven songs of Fakir Lalon, their words and what they mean

  6. Listen

    Agomoni gaan: the songs of Uma coming home, sung by her mother

Just inNew stories from the channelsWhat the Bengali story channels have just put up, played from their own YouTube.
  1. Listen

    Stories you can finish this Puja: long listens for the five Puja days

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    Taranath Tantrik stories: where to start, and who wrote which

  3. Listen

    Durga Puja songs 2026: the Pujo playlist, from agomoni to Bijoya

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