Observed arrival · 2026-10-08
A route planner for Kolkata’s pandal-hopping season
Pandal Hoppings presents a free planner for walking between Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata, with routes shaped around time, crowd levels, and visitor preferences.
- For
- Durga Puja visitors planning Kolkata pandal walks
- Worth noticing
- Coverage includes 34 public toilets, nearest metro stations, typical queue times, and walking estimates based on OpenStreetMap streets.
Field notes
The homepage says visitors can choose a two-to-six-hour window and prioritize more pandals, themed stops, traditional or bonedi bari pujas, or lower queues; it then orders stops by walking distance and can re-plan if someone falls behind. Its directory spans 158 pandals in 21 areas, with metro proximity, typical queue estimates, food and drink, and 34 public toilets. The site says locations were hand-curated from OpenStreetMap, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikidata; walking times are estimates and crowds vary.
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