Pujor Gaan

Songs that sound like pujo: Mahalaya at dawn, the old puja-release hits, the dhak, and the new ones. Tap a song to play it.

Today's pujo song · Till next pujo

Chokhe Chokhe Katha Bolo

Asha Bhosle · 1971

One of Asha Bhosle and R.D. Burman's puja songs, released for the 1971 Durga Puja with words by Gauriprasanna Majumdar.

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Mahalaya & Agomoni

The dawn broadcast, and songs of Uma coming home.

Mahishasuramardini
Birendra Krishna Bhadra
Akashvani's Mahalaya dawn programme since the early 1930s; this recording, voiced by Birendra Krishna Bhadra, since 1966.
Ya Chandi
Chorus
The chorus that opens Mahishasuramardini, set to music by Pankaj Kumar Mullick with words by Bani Kumar.
Bajlo Tomar Alor Benu
Supriti Ghosh
Supriti Ghosh's song in Mahishasuramardini, to Pankaj Kumar Mullick's tune; Mahalaya morning feels incomplete without it.
Jago Durga Dashapraharanadharini
Dwijen Mukhopadhyay
In the Mahalaya broadcast, Dwijen Mukhopadhyay calls on Durga, bearer of ten weapons, to wake.
Ebar Amar Uma Ele
K. Mullick
An agomoni from Saregama's old catalogue, sung by K. Mullick: a mother's joy as her daughter Uma comes home.
Giri, Ganesh Amar Shubhakari
Monks of Belur Math
A much-loved agomoni, sung by monks of Belur Math at the Math itself in September 2019.

For decades, Bengal's biggest voices released new songs every pujo.

Mone Pore Ruby Roy
R.D. Burman · 1969
R.D. Burman sang it himself and it became the hit of the 1969 Durga Puja; he later reused the tune in Anamika.
Akash Prodip Jwole
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar's first Bengali song was not for a film but a Durga Puja release, tuned by Satinath Mukherjee.
Amay Proshno Kore Neel Dhrubotara
Hemanta Mukherjee · 1969
Salil Chowdhury's puja song for Hemanta Mukherjee; the tune became Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye in Anand.
Ek Din Pakhi Ure Jabe
Kishore Kumar
A Kishore Kumar and R.D. Burman puja song whose tune became Tum Bin Jaoon Kahan in the 1969 film Pyar Ka Mausam.
Chokhe Chokhe Katha Bolo
Asha Bhosle · 1971
One of Asha Bhosle and R.D. Burman's puja songs, released for the 1971 Durga Puja with words by Gauriprasanna Majumdar.

Durga Puja the way the films show it.

Dola Re Dola
Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shreya Ghoshal, KK · Devdas · 2002
In Devdas, Paro and Chandramukhi dance together at a Durga Puja celebration, to Ismail Darbar's music.
Aami Shotti Bolchi
Usha Uthup, Vishwesh Krishnamurthy · Kahaani · 2012
Usha Uthup's Bengali rock number from Kahaani, the thriller set in Kolkata during Durga Puja.
Dugga Ma
Arijit Singh · Bolo Dugga Maiki · 2017
Arijit Singh's song from Bolo Dugga Maiki, set against a traditional bonedi-bari Durga Puja.
Jaago Uma
Rupankar Bagchi · Uma · 2018
From Uma, where a father stages a Durga Puja in Kolkata out of season so his ailing daughter can see one.
Gouri Elo
Tirtha Bhattacharjee, Dohar · Raktabeej · 2023
Dohar's take on a traditional song of Gouri coming home, from Raktabeej, the film released for Durga Puja 2023.
Jotne Rakha
Ranajoy Bhattacharjee, Lagnajita Chakraborty · Bijoyar Pore · 2024
A homecoming song from Bijoyar Pore, a film about one family in the days after Durga Puja ends.

The drum that tells you it's pujo, from bodhon to bisarjan.

Shashthi (Bodhan)
Phani Natta, Joydeb Nandy, Manindra Das, Brajakanta Nandy
The dhak for Shashthi's Bodhan, when the Goddess is awakened, from Saregama's album Pujar Badya and Banglar Dhak.
Saptami
Phani Natta, Joydeb Nandy, Manindra Das, Brajakanta Nandy
Saptami on the dhak, played by Bengal's dhakis for Saregama's album Pujar Badya and Banglar Dhak.
Ashtami (Arati)
Phani Natta, Joydeb Nandy, Manindra Das, Brajakanta Nandy
The dhak's Ashtami arati beat, from Saregama's album Pujar Badya and Banglar Dhak.
Nabami
Phani Natta, Joydeb Nandy, Manindra Das, Brajakanta Nandy
Nabami on the dhak, the last full day of the puja, from Saregama's album Pujar Badya and Banglar Dhak.
Bisarjan
Phani Natta, Joydeb Nandy, Manindra Das, Brajakanta Nandy
The dhak for bisarjan, the immersion on Dashami, from Saregama's album Pujar Badya and Banglar Dhak.
Dhak Baja Kashor Baja
Shreya Ghoshal · 2016
Shreya Ghoshal's 2016 Durga Puja single, music by Jeet Gannguli, calling for the dhak and kansar to play.
Dhaker Taley
Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Parinita, Sudipto · Poran Jai Jolia Re
Dev and Subhashree dance to the dhak in this Poran Jai Jolia Re hit, a fixture on puja playlists.

Songs made for this decade's pujos.

Dugga Elo
Monali Thakur
Monali Thakur's festive single packs the fun of Durga Puja into two and a half minutes.
Elo Re Pujo Elo
Nakash Aziz, Senjuti Das · 2022
A 2022 dance number about the para puja, the neighbourhood pujo, sung by Nakash Aziz and Senjuti Das.
Bolo Bolo Dugga Maa
Usha Uthup, Shithi Saha · 2022
Usha Uthup and Shithi Saha teamed up on this 2022 song, made to add to the joy of Durga Puja.
Chaarpashe Aalo Hok
100 musicians incl. Ajoy Chakrabarty, Kaushiki Chakraborty · 2023
A 2023 pujo song by 100 musicians, from Ajoy Chakrabarty to new voices, honouring the habit of releasing songs before Puja.
Dugga Elo Shohore
Bidipta Chakraborty · 2026
New for 2026: Bidipta Chakraborty sings of dhak beats and pandal hopping as Durga arrives in the city.

Dashami songs for sending Uma back to Kailash.

Nabami Nishi Pohalo
K. Mullick
Navami night is over and Uma must leave: a bijoya song by Tulsi Lahiri, sung by K. Mullick.
Umake Biday Diya
K. Mullick
A bijoya song from Saregama's agomoni-bijoya album: the ache of sending Uma back to Kailash, sung by K. Mullick.
Kon Prane Umay Tomay
Radharani
A bijoya song in Radharani's voice: how can a mother's heart let Uma go?
Phire Esho Bar Bar
Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury · Subho Bijoya · 2022
"Come back again and again": Somlata's song from Subho Bijoya, a 2022 family drama set against Durga Puja.

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