Assam Association Bangalore · Celebrating Assam in Bangalore
Sree Sree Durga Puja 2026
Six days of prayer, culture, community and togetherness, to Assam’s own rites, in the middle of Bengaluru.
16 – 21 October 2026
Rituals with Assamese bidhi-bidhan
The Puja is performed to Assam's own rites — the bidhi-bidhan people grew up with.
Everyday cultural evenings
Cultural programmes every evening of the Puja, with the aarti at 5:30 PM.
Durgapatra Abhiyan
Lunch for underprivileged children, served during the Puja.
Bhog for all
Prasad for every visitor, with love and blessings.
Puja schedule
Day by day
Times are as the Puja committee has published them. The evening aarti is at 5:30 PM every day.
Maha Shashthi
Friday, 16 October
- 7:30 PMSasthi Puja
- Devir Aamotron & Adhibaas
5:30 PM · Evening aarti
Maha Saptami
Saturday, 17 October
- 6:00 AMNabapatrika
- 9:00 AMSaptami Puja
- 12:00 PMAnjali & Bhog
5:30 PM · Evening aarti
Saptami continues
Sunday, 18 October
- 9:30 AMAarati & Anjali
- 12:00 PMBhog
- 10:58 – 11:48 PMArdharatri Puja
5:30 PM · Evening aarti
Maha Ashtami
Monday, 19 October
- 5:40 AMAshtami Puja
- 7:26 – 8:14 AMSandhi Puja
- 12:30 PMAnjali & Bhog
5:30 PM · Evening aarti
Maha Navami
Tuesday, 20 October
- 7:05 AMNavami Puja
- 11:00 AMKumari Puja
- 1:00 PMHoma
- 1:30 PMAnjali & Bhog
5:30 PM · Evening aarti
Maha Vijaya Dashami
Wednesday, 21 October
- 8:31 AMDashami Puja
- 10:00 AMAarati & Anjali
- 12:00 PMAparajita Puja
- 12:30 PMSindoor Khel
- Santi Jal, Boloi & Prashad
5:30 PM · Evening aarti
Venue and contact
HAL Kalyana Mantapa
Near HAL Market, Old Airport RoadVinayaka Nagar, VimanapuraBengaluru- Entry
- Open to all. Bhog is served to every visitor.
- Puja queries
- +91 72590 15656+91 84739 86044
Pushpanjali
Offer your flowers to Maa
Cultural exchange
Kannada–Axomiya WordWalk
Large hoardings along the walkway taught visitors everyday words in Kannada and Axomiya side by side, each paired with a landmark from Karnataka and from Assam. A small step towards speaking each other's language.
Words from the walk
| English | Kannada | Axomiya |
|---|---|---|
| Come | Banni | Ahok |
| Go | Hogi | Jaok |
| Sit | Kulithukolli | Bohok |
| Water | Neeru | Pani |
| Please | Dayavittu | Anugroh kari |
| Good / Fine | Chennagide | Bhal |
| Thank you | Dhanyavada | Dhanyavad |
Every day of the Puja
Daily bhog, for everyone who comes
Bhog follows the anjali and is served to every visitor, cooked by cooks who travel down from Assam, on biodegradable plates. There is no pass and no ticket, and nobody is asked to give anything. Prasad for all, with love and blessings.
Sera Bhog (best bhog), Mid-Budget category. Maitree Bandhaan Durgotsav Puroshkar 2025, awarded for the association’s Puja last year.
Hundreds of devotees, served bhog free of charge
Visitors waiting in line for bhog at the 2025 Puja. The bhog won 1st place for Sera Bhog (Mid-Budget category) at the Maitree Bandhaan Durgotsav Puroshkar 2025.
Award winner
Recognised by Bengaluru's Puja awards
The Maitree Bandhaan Durgotsav Puroshkar is instituted by Maitree Bandhaan, a probashi Bengali organisation in Bengaluru, with Team Temple Dekho. AAB has been placed two years running.
Puja 2025 · Mid-Budget category
1st · Sera Bhog
The best bhog in the category, for the Puja held at Shalini Ground, Jayanagar.
Puja 2024
Sera Decoration
For the overall décor, lights and idol, at the Puja held at HAL Kalyana Mantapa.
Puja 2024 · Sera Decoration
Puja 2025 · Sera Bhog, Mid-Budget category
For information
Sponsoring a puja or a bhog
Giving is entirely optional. You do not need to give anything to attend the Puja, take part in the rituals or enjoy the bhog. What matters is that you come. Many people ask what a particular puja or bhog costs, so the committee’s suggested amounts are listed below for information. Any amount, large or small, is welcome.
- Saptami Puja₹5,000
- Ashtami Puja₹8,000
- Navami Puja₹8,000
- Kumari Puja₹5,000
- Sandhi Puja₹5,000
- Dashami Puja₹3,000
- Ardharatri Puja₹3,000
- Saptami Bhog₹7,000
- Ashtami Bhog₹8,000
- Navami Bhog₹8,000
- Special Evening Aarti₹3,000
- Durgapatra AbhiyanAny amount
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The invitation
With hearts full of devotion and joy
The association invites you and your family to six days of devotion, heritage and service — a celebration where traditions unite, cultures embrace and joy is shared.
Why it is different
An Assamese Durga Puja, not a Durga Puja with Assamese guests
Bengaluru has many Pujas. This is the one run to Assam's rites, by people who brought the rites with them.
Purohits from Assam
The bidhi-bidhan is performed by Assamese purohits who travel down for the Puja. The rites are the ones people grew up with, not an approximation of them.
Bhog cooked by cooks who came with them
The daily bhog is made by cooks brought from Assam, and served to everyone who comes. No pass, no ticket.
An Assamese programme on stage
The cultural evenings are built around Assamese music and dance, with Kannada programmes alongside them. Leading bands from Assam have headlined.
Green by design
Natural colours on the idol, biodegradable plates and cutlery, and organic food — decided at the planning stage rather than added as a gesture.
What the Puja carries
It is not only a Puja
Two of AAB's permanent initiatives were born at a Durga Puja and stayed.
Since 2024
Durgapatra Abhiyan
Launched at Durga Puja 2024 and inaugurated by a local public representative, Durgapatra Abhiyan serves meals to underprivileged children in Bengaluru during the Puja. It runs every year now. The name is deliberate: the patra is the vessel, and the point is that the same food offered to the goddess is the food that goes out.
Since 2024
Axomiya–Kannada Ekataa Divasa
Inaugurated on 9 October 2024, Ekataa Divasa honours individuals who have done real work to bring the Assamese and Kannada communities closer. It is held during the Puja, in front of the whole gathering, and it is the association's clearest statement that being Assamese in Bengaluru is not a matter of keeping to yourself.