Bengal’s five-day puja
Durga Puja in the Netherlands 2026
Durga Puja 2026: 16–20 October 2026
Durga Puja 2026 in the Netherlands is on 16–20 October 2026. 5 Durga Puja events are listed below, in Utrecht, Amsterdam and The Hague.
Several Bengali associations keep the puja in the Netherlands, the largest in the Amsterdam and Utrecht areas, usually over the weekend in a rented hall.
Durga Puja events in the Netherlands5 listed
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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.
If it is your first one in the Netherlands
- 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 the Netherlands?
- Durga Puja 2026 falls on 16–20 October 2026. It is not a public holiday in the Netherlands, so the community celebrates on the weekends around it — 5 events are listed on this page, each with its own date.
- Where can I celebrate Durga Puja in the Netherlands?
- Several Bengali associations keep the puja in the Netherlands, the largest in the Amsterdam and Utrecht areas, usually over the weekend in a rented hall. This year’s listings so far are in Utrecht, Amsterdam, The Hague.
- Can non-Indians go to Durga Puja events in the Netherlands?
- 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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