Every Pujo has a sound: the dhak before sunrise, the shankh at aarti, the crowd singing along at the pandal, the quiet song on Dashami when Maa leaves for another year. Committees want a theme song for their pandal, families want something for the Puja video, creators want an original track for Reels that no one else is using. Commissioning one takes weeks. With AI you can write and hear it the same evening.
This guide shows how to make an original Durga Puja song in Bengali on Autunes, from choosing the moment to the prompt and the lyrics, so the result sounds like Pujo and not like a generic 'Indian festival' track.
Start with the moment, not the genre
Durga Puja is not one mood. The song for Mahalaya dawn and the song for the dhunuchi floor have almost nothing in common, and the fastest way to a bland track is to ask for 'a Durga Puja song' without saying which part of the Puja it belongs to.
- Agomoni (the homecoming): Maa Uma coming home to her parents. Warm, devotional, often gentle and hopeful. Slow to medium tempo, harmonium and flute, soft dhak.
- The Puja days (Shashthi to Navami): anjali, aarti, pandal-hopping, family and friends. Festive and bright, full dhak groove, shankh, a chorus everyone can shout.
- Dhunuchi naach: the dance with incense burners in front of the idol. Driving, rhythmic, dhak-led, rising energy, fewer words and more groove.
- Bijoya (Dashami): farewell, sindoor khela and immersion. Bittersweet, slower, emotional; 'aschhe bochhor abar hobe' is the feeling even if you do not use the words.
Prompts that sound like Pujo
Name the instruments, the mood and the tempo. The model knows 'Bengali devotional' and it knows 'dhak drums'; together with the moment they get you most of the way. Copy one of these into the style box and adjust:
- Agomoni: 'Bengali devotional agomoni song, gentle harmonium and bansuri flute, soft dhak in the background, warm female vocal, hopeful, 80 BPM'.
- Pandal anthem: 'festive Bengali Durga Puja song, powerful dhak drums, shankh (conch) calls, bell-metal gong, group chorus, joyful and loud, 110 BPM'.
- Dhunuchi: 'high-energy Bengali dhunuchi dance track, fast dhak rhythm building in intensity, dhol and cymbals, short chanted chorus, 125 BPM'.
- Bijoya: 'emotional Bengali farewell song for Bijoya Dashami, slow harmonium and esraj, soft dhak, tender male vocal, bittersweet, 70 BPM'.
- Modern Pujo pop: 'Bengali pop song for Durga Puja, dhak samples over modern drums, bright synths, catchy hook, male and female duet, 100 BPM'.
Writing Bengali lyrics the AI sings cleanly
Write the lyrics in Bengali script, not in Roman letters. 'Maa ashche' in Roman letters can be read several ways; আসছে can only be read one way. Then set the vocal language to Bengali instead of leaving it on auto, so the singer is told what it is singing.
- Keep lines short: one breath per line, six to ten words. Long lines get rushed.
- Mark the structure with [Verse] and [Chorus]. Give the chorus a line people can shout back at the pandal, and repeat it.
- Use a few English words only if you want them. Mixed lines are fine for Pujo pop, but every switch is a chance for the accent to slip.
- Read it aloud before you generate. If you stumble, the singer will too.
- If a word still comes out wrong, Pro and Creator plans have Auto-fix pronunciation, which listens to the song and re-sings the lines that do not match.
Ideas for committees, families and creators
Puja committees can make a theme song with the para's name in the chorus, plus an instrumental dhak loop for the pandal between aartis (generate the same prompt as an instrumental). Families can put names of the children, the grandparents and the home town into a short agomoni song for the Puja video. Creators can make a 30-second dhunuchi track for Reels, so the video is not using the same trending audio as everyone else.
Because the song is original and generated on your account, you can use it in your videos and at your pandal. If you plan to release it on streaming platforms, check the licence that comes with your plan first.
What it costs
A song on Autunes costs 10 credits on the standard engine, and the free plan's daily credits cover a couple of songs a day, which is enough to try several moments and prompts. Pro and Creator plans add the higher-fidelity XL engine and tools like Auto-fix pronunciation and stem downloads for editing the mix.