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Durga Puja in London 2026

Durga Puja 2026: 16–20 October 2026

Dates and venues checked against the organisers’ own pages on .

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. Every Durga Puja event posted in and around London is below.

The biggest Durga Puja celebrations in London

Camden Durga Puja

When
Friday 16 to Tuesday 20 October 2026
Where
Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road, London NW3

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 ↗

London Sharad Utsav

When
Friday 16 to Sunday 18 October 2026
Where
Ealing, west London — Gunnersbury Park, per the UK puja directory
Entry
Free entry and bhog

West London’s big puja, with the Bengal Heritage Foundation: ceremonies, cultural performances and bhog, all free, over three days.

London Sharad Utsav ↗

Durga Puja events in London4 listed

Where to celebrate Durga Puja in London

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.

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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.

If it is your first one

  • 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.

Previous Durga Puja events in London

Most of these return every year with the same organisers.

Questions people ask

When is Durga Puja 2026 in London?
Durga Puja 2026 falls on 16–20 October 2026. In London the biggest public celebration is the London Durgotsav Committee’s Camden Durga Puja at Swiss Cottage Library, 16–20 October.
Where is Camden Durga Puja?
Swiss Cottage Library, 88 Avenue Road, London NW3. Friday 16 to Tuesday 20 October 2026.
What Durga Puja events are there in London?
4 Durga Puja events are listed on this page so far: Sarbajanin Durga Puja 2026 *FREE REGISTRATION*; London Durga Puja 2026 by Bengali Cultural & Social Club; NAVRATRI GALA - Durga Puja, Garba & Dandiya Raas; IPL Durga Puja Meetup 2026.

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