You have travelled
the world.
You are yet to be here.
Six days inside Kolkata's Durga Pujo —
the living art festival that transforms an entire city.
Experience as a guest, not a visitor.
The city you never knew existed
Every October, a city of fifteen million people stops being a city. Kolkata becomes a living art & heritage — its streets, its rooftops, its river, its oldest families all consumed by a five-day sacred event that has no equivalent anywhere on earth. You are yet to be inside it.
The version no visitor ever sees
There are two Durga Pujas. The one the world photographs — crowds, lights, famous pandals. Then there is the other one. The private courtyards of 200-year-old North Kolkata families, where rituals are conducted with heritage, context and meaning. The sculptor in Kumartuli, who begins work in April, following rhythms based on tradition.
Zyvago was built for this
Zyvago is a context-led cultural immersive experience. We build programmes around one cultural event, one city, one season. Designed for those who know the difference between witnessing and truly experiencing.
THE FIRST EDITION
Kolkata
Durga Puja
No. 001
Kolkata, India
Durga Puja 2026
Six Days
Ten Only
October 2026
STANDARDS
What You Can Expect
PRIVATE NAVIGATION
Steer your experience with discreet, professional, unobtrusive assistance.
INSIDER ACCESS
Heritage family homes, sculptor studios, private rituals. Nothing on any public itinerary.
MAXIMUM TEN GUESTS
Limited to Ten guests in a cohort. This is not a group tour, but a private invitation which is all inclusive of airport-airport hospitality.
EXPERT CULTURAL GUIDES
Not hired guides but culturally affluent individuals, families, and artists for whom Durga Pujo is simply — home.
A NOTE ON ACCESS
The sculptor's door
is open.
It always has been.
Kumartuli is not a destination — it is a relationship.
The finest artists here have given interviews. They have welcomed visitors.
What they have never given is the conversation that happens after the camera is put away — the one where three hundred years of craft becomes personal, where the river clay becomes a philosophy, where you stop being a guest and start being a witness.
Register Your Interest
This is not a booking. It is a request to be considered. Once consultations open, our founder will reach out personally to walk you through the programme.