Bengal’s five-day puja
Durga Puja 2026: 16–20 October 2026
Dates and venues checked against the organisers’ own pages on .
Durga Puja 2026 in the UK is on 16–20 October 2026. The biggest public celebrations are London Sharad Utsav, the Ealing Durga Puja, 16–18 October, the London Durgotsav Committee’s Camden Durga Puja at Swiss Cottage Library, 16–20 October, the Greater Manchester Bengali Hindu Cultural Association’s puja at Gandhi Hall, 16–20 October, the Bengali Association Midlands’ puja in Winson Green, Birmingham, 16–20 October, the Leeds Durgapuja and Diwali Association’s puja at the Shri Hindu Temple, 16–20 October, the Dorset Indian Association’s Durga Puja at Horton village hall on 17 October, the Sanatan Association’s Durga Puja in Potters Bar, 17–18 October, the West London Durga Puja at the Sindhi Centre in Harrow, 17–21 October and the Bengali Sanskritik Parishad’s Durga Puja in Paisley, 17–21 October.
The UK keeps more than a hundred pujas, from London’s large ones — Camden (the London Durgotsav Committee), Ealing, Wembley and Croydon — to the associations in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Cardiff, Glasgow and along the south coast; most run from Saptami to Dashami in a hired hall, with bhog at lunchtime and a programme at night.
| Date | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 16–18 October | London Sharad Utsav | Ealing, west London — Gunnersbury Park, per the UK puja directory |
| 16–20 October | Camden Durga Puja | Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road, London NW3 |
| 16–20 October | GMBHCA Durga Puja | Gandhi Hall, Brunswick Road, Withington, Manchester |
| 16–20 October | Bengali Association Midlands Durga Puja | Bengali Association Hall, Heath Street, Winson Green, Birmingham |
| 16–20 October | Leeds Durga Puja | Shri Hindu Temple, Alexandria Road, Leeds |
| 16–20 October | Durga Puja itself | Homes, temples and community dinners across the country |
| Saturday, 17 October | Dorset Indian Association (DIA) Durga Puja | Horton & Chalbury Village Hall, Horton — north of Bournemouth |
| 17–18 October | Sanatan Association Durga Puja | Elm Court Community Centre, Mutton Lane, Potters Bar |
| 17–21 October | West London Durga Puja | Sindhi Centre, 230A Kenton Road, Harrow |
| 17–21 October | Glasgow Durga Puja | Coats Memorial, High Street, Paisley |
London’s best-known puja, run by the London Durgotsav Committee since the 1960s: anjali each morning, bhog at midday, a cultural programme each evening and the sindoor khela on Dashami.
DurgaPujaUK directory ↗West London’s big puja, with the Bengal Heritage Foundation: ceremonies, cultural performances and bhog, all free, over three days.
London Sharad Utsav ↗Harrow’s puja, from Shashthi on the Saturday to Dashami on the Wednesday morning, with the full programme of pujas published day by day.
West London Durga Puja ↗North London and Hertfordshire’s weekend puja — the one for families along the Northern line and the A1.
Sanatan Association ↗Manchester’s puja for five full days, with bhog, the evening programme and, this year, the association’s own app for the schedule.
Eastern Eye ↗Birmingham’s puja in the association’s own hall — the Midlands’ oldest.
DurgaPujaUK directory ↗Yorkshire’s puja, in the Leeds temple for all five days.
DurgaPujaUK directory ↗Scotland’s puja, in the great church on Paisley’s High Street.
DurgaPujaUK directory ↗The south coast’s puja, a one-day gathering for the Dorset community.
Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 16:30–22:00
Main Hall - The Community Hub
Fri, 16 Oct 2026, 19:00–22:00
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17–18 Oct 2026
Kingsley Academy
Sun, 18 Oct 2026, 12:00–16:00
London Durga Puja Dusserah Association
Camden’s puja at Swiss Cottage Library (16–20 October) and London Sharad Utsav in Ealing (16–18 October) are the big two, with the West London Durga Puja in Harrow (17–21 October), the Sanatan Association in Potters Bar (17–18 October) and the pujas of Wembley, Croydon, Ilford and south London listed as they are posted.
The Greater Manchester Bengali Hindu Cultural Association keeps the puja at Gandhi Hall in Withington for all five days, 16–20 October.
The Bengali Association Midlands’ puja in its own hall on Heath Street, Winson Green, 16–20 October.
The Leeds Durgapuja and Diwali Association’s puja at the Shri Hindu Temple on Alexandria Road, 16–20 October.
The Bengali Sanskritik Parishad’s puja at Coats Memorial in Paisley, 17–21 October.
The Dorset Indian Association’s Durga Puja at Horton & Chalbury Village Hall on 17 October.
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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.
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