Terms
Last updated 11 October 2026
These terms are an agreement between you and the Pujo Parikrama team (“we”), who make the Pujo Parikrama app (“the app”). By using the app you agree to them and to our privacy policy. If you don't agree, please don't use the app.
The service
The app is free. It helps you find pandals, see estimated crowds and ritual timings, plan a route, check in and collect stamps. We may add, change or pause features, especially around the festival, and we don't promise it will always be available or error-free.
Timings, pins and crowds are estimates
Ritual times marked “panjika” are city-wide estimates from the published almanac; “community confirmed” times come from visitors; “official” times come from organisers. Pandal pins may be approximate until verified on site, and the Bheer-o-meter is an estimate from several signals. Always confirm at the pandal, and follow the instructions of the police, organisers and volunteers. Don't rely on the app for safety, medical or emergency decisions; in an emergency call 112.
Your account
- You can browse without an account. Signing in is needed for check-ins, stamps and the leaderboard.
- Keep access to your email or Google account safe; you're responsible for activity on your account.
- If you are under 18, use the app with a parent's or guardian's permission.
- You can delete your account at any time from Profile → Your data.
Fair play
Please don't:
- fake your location, automate check-ins, votes or quiz answers, or otherwise game the leaderboard or results;
- post photos, names or text that are unlawful, hateful, sexual, violent, misleading, or that show other people without their consent;
- submit pandals, timings or queue reports you know are false, or claim a pandal you don't organise;
- try to break, overload, scrape or reverse-engineer the app, or get at other people's data.
We may remove content, reset scores or votes, and suspend or delete accounts that break these rules, usually after a warning unless the harm is serious.
What you post
You keep ownership of the photos and text you add. You give us a free, worldwide, non-exclusive licence to store, show, resize and moderate them in the app (for example on a pandal's page), for as long as they stay in the app. Deleting your account removes them. Only upload what you have the right to share.
Organisers
A verified organiser can edit their pandal's details and official timings. Organisers are responsible for keeping that information accurate. Verification is at our discretion and can be withdrawn.
Referral links
The app shows no paid placements. Some links on “Where to stay” are referral links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. Bookings are between you and that site.
Third-party content
Songs and Pujo Dekho videos play from YouTube uploads, maps come from OpenStreetMap contributors via OpenFreeMap, and links may lead to other sites. Their own terms apply, and we aren't responsible for them. Artwork and software credits are listed on the About & credits page.
Our content
The app's design, text and code belong to Pujo Parikrama, except for the public-domain art and open-source software credited on the About & credits page, which remain under their own licences.
Liability
The app is provided “as is”. To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss caused by relying on estimated timings, crowds, routes or pins. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer protection law that can't be waived.
Changes and ending
We may update these terms; if a change matters, we'll update the date above and say so in the app first. You can stop using the app at any time.
Law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts at Kolkata, West Bengal have jurisdiction. Before going to court, please write to us; most problems can be sorted out quickly.