Durga Puja pandal hopping made easy! Thanks to these smartphone apps

Kolkata: Get Durga puja bhog delivered at your doorstep or avail guide to your favourite Puja pandals this year through various smartphone apps.

The Kolkata Police is promoting smart puja guide 2015 powered by city based startup developing Utsavapp that will offer easy guide to revellers based on their location to visit their favourite puja mandaps.

"Kolkata police has taken-up the Utsavapp for the 10 days of this Puja as Kolkata Police puja guide. It is a big thing for us that Kolkata Police has agreed to promote it," Utsavapp Chief Technology Officer Sumit Das told PTI.

After one follows the download and sign-in route, he can explore puja and choose location where to visit with google map.

One can find eight locations for searching famous puja pandal with locations in North Kolkata, South Kolkata, Central Kolkata, East Kolkata, Behala Area, Port Area, South East Kolkata and Jadavpur Area.

"You will find puja pandal after selecting a location, press your famous Puja and find the location with Google Map."

There is a SOS button on the app which can be used a person in distress to send his or her present location to friends and relatives.

You may also be lucky to get puja bhog delivered at your doorstep free meant for a lucky few on this Maha-Ashtami by the app-based cab operator Ola.