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Durga Puja in Australia 2026

Durga Puja 2026: 16–20 October 2026

Durga Puja 2026 in Australia is on 16–20 October 2026. 8 Durga Puja events are listed below, in Dandenong, Werribee and Melbourne.

Melbourne has several — Bongosathi’s Durga Utsav in the west at Hoppers Crossing and Aurora’s puja in Clayton among them — with Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra each keeping at least one; it is spring in Australia, so the pandal is sometimes outdoors.

Durga Puja events in Australia8 listed

Durga Puja in Dandenong →

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What Durga Puja is

Five days for the goddess Durga — Shashthi to Vijayadashami — kept abroad by the Bengali associations in rented halls, with the pandal, the dhak, bhog for everyone and the sindoor khela on the last day.

Durga Puja (Durgotsav, or simply Pujo) is the biggest festival of Bengal and of Bengalis everywhere: the goddess with her four children is worshipped for five days, from Shashthi, when the idol is unveiled, through Saptami, Ashtami and Navami to Vijayadashami, when she is seen off with sindoor khela — married women smearing each other with vermilion — and immersed. Its last day is Dussehra. UNESCO put Kolkata’s puja on its intangible heritage list in 2021.

Durga Puja dates and how it is celebrated around the world →

If it is your first one in Australia

  • Anjali is in the morning, usually around 10 or 11; arrive before it, dressed up — a sari or a panjabi is the norm on Ashtami.
  • Bhog is free and for everyone, but the association runs on donations: give something at the desk.
  • On Dashami, married women play sindoor khela; everyone else watches and eats sweets — then the idol is taken to the water.

Questions people ask

When is Durga Puja 2026 in Australia?
Durga Puja 2026 falls on 16–20 October 2026. It is not a public holiday in Australia, so the community celebrates on the weekends around it — 8 events are listed on this page, each with its own date.
Where can I celebrate Durga Puja in Australia?
Melbourne has several — Bongosathi’s Durga Utsav in the west at Hoppers Crossing and Aurora’s puja in Clayton among them — with Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra each keeping at least one; it is spring in Australia, so the pandal is sometimes outdoors. This year’s listings so far are in Dandenong, Werribee, Melbourne.
Can non-Indians go to Durga Puja events in Australia?
Yes. Almost every community event is open to everyone and runs in English; temple and gurdwara celebrations welcome visitors too — dress modestly, and cover your head in a gurdwara.

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