We built the quiet
technology behind
Kolkata's loudest,
most beautiful week.

Ghuri turns Durga Puja pandal hopping into one effortless, walkable night, so you spend Puja with your people, not your phone.

FOUNDED

2025, Kolkata

BUILT FOR

Durga Puja, every autumn

OUR STORY

how it began.

It started with Mishti, and watching Kolkata's grand festival slip away while her parents, caught in life's endless rush, had lost the spark of precious time with their family spent under the vision of Durga Maa.

Every autumn, the city comes alive with the rhythm of dhaks and the warmth of festive lights. All year long, little Mishti dreamt of pandal hopping hand-in-hand through the night with her parents. But between demanding routines, unending commutes, and the exhausting chaos of city crowds, the planning kept slipping away, leaving her heartbroken as another Puja passed by.

Seeing that heartbreak was our turning point. We built Ghuri so families don't have to battle maps, queues, and guesswork just to share a night together. Ghuri took care of the routes and timings, so her parents could finally slow down, step into the crowd, and give Mishti the unforgettable festival she had always dreamed of.

“I didn’t care how many pandals we visited. I just wanted Ma and Baba to hold my hand and walk under the lights together.”

MISHTI

GHURI IN NUMBERS

Built for the five nights
that matter most.

900+

Puja pandals integrated across Kolkata

5

Nights, Shashthi to Dashami, planned in minutes

1 route

From wishlist to walkable night, in one pass

100%

Offline once your route is saved, even when the network isn't

Process.

01Input points

Your starting station or a dropped pin, the pandals you can’t miss, and when you want to be out. Nothing else is required.

02Cluster & sequence

We group pandals by walking distance and solve the best order through each cluster, so the night keeps its momentum.

03Crowd balancing

Wait-time curves from festival footfall shift busy stops later into the night, when the queues thin out.

04Transit finish

The route ends at the nearest running metro line before night service closes, so the trip home is already solved.

05Ready to walk

Complete itinerary, real-time pandal navigation, and offline cache synced for the crowded streets.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Technology that steps
aside for the festival.

(01)

Emotion first

Puja is about people, faith and memory. Every feature we ship has to make that feeling bigger, never smaller.

(02)

Made for the crowd

Built for patchy networks, tired feet and a million people walking the same streets. Fast, offline, forgiving.

(03)

Quiet by design

No noise, no endless feeds. Open the app, get your night, put the phone back in your pocket.

THE PEOPLE

The team behind Ghuri.

Engineers, designers and lifelong pandal hoppers building from Kolkata, for everyone who has ever lost their group at Shreebhumi.

Debrup Sengupta

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Debrup has led core software architecture, contributed to ML algorithms, and shaped product design.

Raunak Saigal

DEVOPS LEAD

Raunak has driven server setups, production hardening, and route planning algorithms.

Sagnik Sinha

BACKEND LEAD

Sagnik has engineered core backend services, map infrastructure, and mobile app deployment.

Aryaman Jha

DESIGN LEAD

Aryaman has shaped Ghuri’s visual identity, design systems, and responsive interfaces.

Ayaan Gopal Ray

CARTOGRAPHER

Ayaan has developed 3D map assets and spatial interfaces, and contributed to dataset curation.

Saikat Bandyopadhyay

STRATEGIC ADVISOR

Saikat has advised on feature roadmaps, strategic decisions, and on-field hopper operations.

COMMUNITY · PUJA 2026

A core team of six. A
community of many.

11+

Volunteers who scouted pandals, tested routes and walked the city with us. Ghuri exists because of them.

Meghmallar Hazra

SOCIAL MEDIA LEAD

Meghmallar has driven social media, digital marketing, and pandal cold calling.

Asmita Chatterjee

PR & SPONSORSHIP LEAD

Asmita has managed brand sponsorships, corporate partnerships, and public relations.

Suraj Solanki

MARKETING LEAD

Suraj has designed the content calendar, growth marketing, and digital outreach.

Suvojit Ghosh

FIELD STRATEGIST

Suvojit has guided on-field hoppers, pandal partner onboarding, and corridor mapping.

Bikash Tiwari

COMMUNITY & MARKETING

Bikash has supported social media marketing, online community discussions, and video editing.

Swaranika Basak

CREATIVE DESIGNER

Swaranika has illustrated festive social media creatives, promotional posters, and visual media.

Swapnil Guha

CREATIVE DESIGNER

Swapnil has designed promotional materials, brand graphics, and supported sponsor outreach.

Khushi Kumari Gupta

SPONSORSHIP & OUTREACH

Khushi has driven sponsorship cold calling, partner onboarding, and PR initiatives.

Affan Azad

SPONSORSHIP & RELATIONS

Affan has driven corporate sponsorship cold calling, lead outreach, and partner relations.

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Sinchaan Das

FIELD SCOUT

Sinchaan has driven pandal cold calling, committee connections, and circuit scouting.

Soumyajit Poria

FIELD SCOUT

Soumyajit has managed pandal cold calling, committee relations, and circuit scouting.

Join us for next year

17+ MEMBERS & COUNTING

Hop with us for Puja 2027, scout pandals, test routes, and build Ghuri together.

Every name here helped build Ghuri. We are deeply grateful to every pandal scout, local guide, and route tester who walked the streets of Kolkata to bring this map to life.

One more thing.

Let's make this Puja about
the hopping, not the
planning headaches.