9th Oct 2024 to13th Oct 2024
It is an annual Hindu festival in the Indian subcontinent that reveres the goddess Durga. The entire Kolkata city is decked up with festive lights everywhere, loudspeakers play popular songs as well as recitation of mantras by priests, thousands of beautiful pandals are erected by communities in cities, towns and villages across the state. On the day of Vijayadashami, the idols are carried out in grand immersion processions across Bengal and then the idols are ritually immersed into the rivers or waterbodies amid singing, water-throwing and fireworks.
After Breakfast- Take a Guided tour to various Durga Puja Pandals  ( Durga Puja Festival-Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO) Enjoy Aarti where you will be served Bhog Prasad Offered to the Goddess Durga. Half-day tour of Kolkata will take you to the Jain Temple, Zoological Gardens and Victoria Memorial. Keep your eyes open as you will also pass Howrah Bridge, Dalhousie Square, Fort Williams, Secretariat Buildings and Old Court House Street. The afternoon’s Hooghly cruise is a leisurely trip along the River Ganges. Soak up the views of the banks, the symbolic Howrah Bridge and Secong Hooghly Bridge. The dramatic backdrop of the setting sun paints the sky in myriad shades of red, orange, pink and purple.
