Durga Puja Gemini AI Prompts – 36 Ready-to-Use Photo Prompts for Girls, Boys and Couples

Upload your own photo, paste a prompt, and get a festive portrait in traditional dress that is ready to post. Includes a fill-in-the-blank template for building your own.

Durga Puja is the most photographed festival of the year in Bengal and across the Indian diaspora. Saree drapes, dhoti-panjabis, pandal lights and marigold garlands all photograph beautifully, but getting a polished shot on the day is not always possible. Crowds, harsh light and limited time get in the way.

This guide gives you 36 copy-paste Durga Puja Gemini AI prompts written for Gemini’s image editing, split into three sections: girls and women, boys and men, and couples. Every prompt is designed to work with your own photo, so the result still looks like you. After the prompts, you will find a five-layer template for writing your own.

Durga Puja 2026 falls in mid-October. Published Bengal calendars place Saptami to Vijaya Dashami at roughly 17 to 21 October, with some listings differing by a day, so check a local panchang for exact timings.

How to use these prompts

1. Open the Gemini app, choose Create images from the tools menu, and pick the Thinking model to use Nano Banana Pro. The Fast model uses the standard Nano Banana. Google notes that once you reach your Nano Banana Pro limit, Gemini falls back to the standard model.
2. Upload one clear, front-facing photo of yourself: good light, no sunglasses, nothing covering your face.
3. Paste a prompt below in the same message as your photo. Every prompt carries its own face-matching line, so you do not need to add anything.
4. If a result is close but not perfect, ask Gemini for one small change at a time (see the refinement lines near the end).

Aspect ratios are written into each prompt. 4:5 vertical suits Instagram feed posts, and 16:9 suits Stories and Reels covers. Change the ratio in the prompt to match your platform.

Section 1: Durga Puja Google Gemini AI Prompts for Girls and Women

1. Classic Laal Paar Saree Portrait

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a crisp white cotton saree with a bold red border, a matching red blouse, red-and-white bangles and a small red bindi. I am standing at the entrance of a decorated Durga Puja pandal with marigold garlands and warm string lights behind me. Soft golden evening light, calm smile, waist-up portrait, 4:5 vertical, natural skin texture, sharp focus on the face.

2. Dhakai Jamdani Editorial

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a handwoven off-white Dhakai jamdani saree with fine gold and maroon motifs, a high-neck blouse, gold jhumka earrings and a slim gold necklace. Soft three-quarter pose in front of a gently blurred pandal with warm lanterns. Fashion-editorial portrait, 85mm lens look, shallow depth of field, soft flattering light on the face, 4:5 vertical.

3. Dhunuchi Night

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a red-bordered white saree. I am holding a traditional clay dhunuchi with thin, soft smoke curling upward, in a festive evening courtyard. Pandal lights glow in the blurred background, warm orange tones, slight movement in the saree pallu, joyful expression, cinematic night portrait, 4:5 vertical.

4. Ashtami Morning Anjali

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a yellow cotton saree with a red border, hair in a neat bun with a small flower. It is early morning and I am cupping red hibiscus and marigold petals in both hands as a flower offering, eyes gently lowered. A pandal is softly blurred behind me. Calm, quiet mood, soft natural morning light, close waist-up framing, 4:5 vertical.

5. Kash Flower Field at Golden Hour

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a white saree with a red border, walking slowly through a field of white kash flowers swaying in the breeze. Pale blue autumn sky with soft clouds, golden-hour backlight with a gentle glow on my hair, pallu lifting in the wind. Candid, full-length shot, wide-angle lens look, 4:5 vertical.

6. Heritage Courtyard Candid

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a cream tant saree with a maroon border and simple gold jewellery. I am sitting on a stone step in an old North Kolkata-style courtyard with arched pillars, red-oxide floor, carved wooden doors and hanging brass lamps. I am laughing, looking away from the camera. Soft diffused daylight, warm film-like colours, 4:5 vertical.

7. Shiuli and Alpona

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a white saree with a red border. I am seated on the floor beside a hand-painted white alpona design, with a brass plate of shiuli flowers and a small oil lamp next to me. Slightly elevated camera angle, warm lamp glow mixed with soft daylight, gentle smile, 4:5 vertical.

8. Modern Fusion Festive Look

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a cream cotton saree with a red-and-gold border, a contrast blouse, oxidised silver jewellery and open wavy hair. I am standing in front of a modern themed pandal with creative lighting and soft bokeh. Magazine-style portrait, confident pose, balanced warm and cool tones, 4:5 vertical.

9. Pandal-Hopping Street Style

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a red-and-white saree with white sneakers and a small crossbody bag. I am walking through an illuminated festival lane at night, glancing back over my shoulder with a smile. The crowd and lights are softly blurred behind me. Night street photography look, 35mm lens, warm tungsten tones, full-length framing, 4:5 vertical.

10. Vintage Black-and-White Studio

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Create a black-and-white studio portrait in the style of a mid-century Bengali family photograph. I wear a white saree with a dark border, hair in a low braid with a flower, and simple earrings. Soft window light, fine film grain, gentle vignette, dignified calm expression, 4:5 vertical.

11. Rooftop Sunset Pujor Adda

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a deep red cotton tant saree. I am on a rooftop terrace at sunset, holding a clay cup of tea, laughing with friends out of frame. Distant pandal lights and the city skyline are softly blurred. Warm golden sky, relaxed lifestyle photo, 4:5 vertical.

12. Shubho Maha Ashtami Greeting Poster

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Create a vertical 4:5 festive greeting poster with me centred in a red-bordered white saree. Surround me with a decorative border of alpona motifs, marigold garlands in the top corners, and a soft red-to-gold gradient background. Add the text “Shubho Maha Ashtami” in an elegant serif font at the bottom, spelled exactly as written. No other text.

Section 2: Durga Puja Google Gemini AI Prompts for Boys and Men

13. Classic Dhoti-Panjabi

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in an off-white handloom cotton panjabi with gold buttons, a crisp white dhoti with a thin gold border, and a light cream shawl draped over one shoulder. I am standing at a decorated pandal entrance with marigold garlands and warm lights behind me. Relaxed posture, confident calm expression, waist-up portrait, 4:5 vertical, natural skin texture.

14. Ashtami Morning Greeting

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a cream panjabi with a white dhoti. It is early morning and I stand with my palms together in a quiet greeting, with red hibiscus and marigold petals in a brass plate beside me. A pandal is softly blurred in the background. Soft natural morning light, peaceful mood, 4:5 vertical.

15. Dhunuchi Night

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a maroon panjabi with a white dhoti. I am holding a clay dhunuchi with soft smoke rising, in a festive courtyard at night. Warm pandal lights glow behind me, orange and amber tones, energetic expression, cinematic portrait, 4:5 vertical.

16. Rajbari Heritage Portrait

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a deep maroon silk panjabi with a gold-edged cream shawl. I am seated in a carved wooden chair in the grand hall of a heritage Bengal mansion with tall pillars, a patterned floor and warm chandelier light. Classic formal portrait, steady gaze, rich warm colours, 4:5 vertical.

17. Kash Field Golden Hour

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a white kurta with a cream dhoti. I am walking through a field of white kash flowers, one hand lightly brushing the blooms. Pale blue autumn sky, golden-hour backlight, a relaxed natural smile. Full-length candid shot, 4:5 vertical.

18. Yellow Taxi Street Style

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a mustard kurta with white pyjamas. I am leaning casually against a vintage yellow Kolkata taxi on a night street lit by festival lights. Warm tungsten glow, soft bokeh in the background, 35mm lens look, easy half-smile, 4:5 vertical.

19. Modern Fusion Bandhgala

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a navy bandhgala jacket over a white kurta with tailored trousers and a subtle gold pocket detail. I am standing in front of a themed pandal with creative lighting. Sharp magazine-style portrait, confident pose, balanced warm and cool tones, 4:5 vertical.

20. Alpona Backdrop Profile Portrait

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a cream panjabi. Create a clean headshot against a terracotta-coloured wall painted with a white alpona pattern. Soft studio light, minimal shadows, relaxed friendly expression, head-and-shoulders framing, 1:1 square, suitable for a profile picture.

21. Cinematic Night Bokeh

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a deep red panjabi with subtle gold embroidery. I am standing in a pandal lane at night with fairy lights forming large soft bokeh circles behind me. Gentle rim light on my shoulders, moody cinematic colour grade, serious thoughtful expression, 4:5 vertical.

22. Vintage Monochrome Lane

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Create a black-and-white photograph styled like 1950s Kolkata street photography. I wear a dhoti and panjabi with a shawl, standing in a narrow old lane with colonial-era buildings behind me. Fine film grain, soft contrast, natural pose, 4:5 vertical.

23. Rooftop Sunset Adda

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a cream kurta with sleeves rolled up. I am on a rooftop terrace at sunset, laughing with a clay cup of tea in hand. Distant pandal lights and skyline are softly blurred. Warm golden sky, candid lifestyle photo, 4:5 vertical.

24. Shubho Bijoya Greeting Poster

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Create a vertical 4:5 festive greeting poster with me centred in a cream panjabi with a red uttariya. Use a crimson-to-gold gradient background with marigold garlands framing the top. Add the text “Shubho Bijoya” in an elegant serif font at the bottom, spelled exactly as written. No other text.

Section 3: Durga Puja Google Gemini AI Prompts for Couples

Tip for couples: Upload one clear photo with both of you in frame. If you only have separate photos, upload both and begin the prompt with: “Photo 1 is the first person and photo 2 is the second person.” Then use the prompt as written.

25. Matching Red and White at the Pandal

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a white saree with a red border and him in a cream panjabi with a white dhoti. They stand side by side at a decorated pandal entrance with marigold garlands and warm lights, sharing a soft smile. Golden evening light, waist-up portrait, 4:5 vertical, natural skin texture.

26. Candid Walk Through the Lights

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress them in coordinated festive traditional wear: a red-and-white saree and an off-white panjabi. They walk together through an illuminated festival lane at night, laughing. Crowd and lights are softly blurred behind them. Warm tungsten tones, 35mm candid photography look, full-length, 4:5 vertical.

27. Hand in Hand Through the Kash Field

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a white saree with a red border and him in a white kurta with a cream dhoti. They walk hand in hand through a field of white kash flowers under a pale blue autumn sky. Golden-hour backlight, wind in the saree pallu, wide full-length shot, 4:5 vertical.

28. Heritage Courtyard Seated Portrait

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a cream tant saree with a maroon border and him in a maroon panjabi with a cream shawl. They sit together on a carved wooden bench in an old Bengal courtyard with arched pillars and brass lamps. Soft diffused daylight, warm film-like colours, elegant formal pose, 4:5 vertical.

29. Ashtami Morning Together

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a yellow saree with a red border and him in a cream panjabi. In the early morning they stand together holding red hibiscus and marigold petals in cupped hands, looking down at the flowers. A pandal is softly blurred behind them. Peaceful mood, soft morning light, 4:5 vertical.

30. Dashami Sindoor Khela Celebration

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a red-bordered white saree and him in a cream panjabi. Capture a joyful Vijaya Dashami moment with soft red vermilion powder lightly dusted on her cheeks and the shoulder of his panjabi, both smiling. Warm afternoon light, shallow depth of field, candid celebration, 4:5 vertical.

Note: Sindoor Khela is traditionally a celebration among married women. This prompt suits married couples. Others can swap in “red and gold gulal” for a similar festive colour without the ritual association.

31. Dhunuchi Night Couple

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a red-bordered white saree and him in a maroon panjabi. Each holds a clay dhunuchi with soft smoke curling upward at a festive courtyard in the evening. Pandal lights glow in the blurred background, warm orange tones, joyful expressions, cinematic framing, 4:5 vertical.

32. Yellow Taxi Couple Shot

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a red-and-white saree and him in a mustard kurta. They stand beside a vintage yellow Kolkata taxi on a night street lit by festival lights. Warm tungsten glow, soft bokeh, relaxed close pose with a shared laugh, 35mm lens look, 4:5 vertical.

33. Rooftop Chai at Sunset

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress her in a deep red tant saree and him in a cream kurta. They sit on a rooftop terrace at sunset sharing tea from clay cups, with distant pandal lights and skyline softly blurred. Warm golden sky, intimate lifestyle photo, 4:5 vertical.

34. Ivory and Gold Editorial

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Dress them in coordinated ivory and gold: her in a silk saree with a gold zari border, him in an ivory sherwani-style panjabi with gold buttons. They stand in front of a softly lit pandal backdrop. Editorial fashion portrait, soft flattering light, elegant poses, 4:5 vertical.

35. Vintage Black-and-White Couple

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Create a black-and-white studio portrait styled like a mid-century Bengali family photograph. She wears a white saree with a dark border, he wears a dhoti and panjabi. Soft window light, fine film grain, gentle vignette, dignified calm expressions, 4:5 vertical.

36. Shubho Pujo Couple Greeting Poster

Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged. Create a vertical 4:5 festive greeting poster with both of us centred in traditional red-and-white festive wear. Use a soft red-to-gold gradient background with an alpona-motif border and marigold garlands in the top corners. Add the text “Shubho Pujo” in an elegant serif font at the bottom, spelled exactly as written. No other text.

The Five-Layer Durga Puja Prompt Template

Every prompt above follows the same five layers. Learn the structure once and you can build a prompt for any look, any outfit and any location.

Layer 1: Identity lock. Opens the prompt and tells Gemini to preserve your face. Keep this line first and keep it short.

Layer 2: Attire. Name the garment, the weave or fabric, the colour, the border and two accessories. Specific beats generic: “white tant saree with a red border” gives a far better result than “traditional saree.”

Layer 3: Setting and action. Say where you are and what you are doing: standing, walking, laughing, holding something. A small action makes a photo feel candid instead of posed.

Layer 4: Light. Pick a light source and time of day. Light has the biggest influence on mood.

Layer 5: Finish. Define the photo style, lens look, framing, aspect ratio and what to avoid.

The master template to create your own Google Gemini AI Prompts

Copy this and replace each bracket:

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in [FABRIC + GARMENT + COLOUR + BORDER, plus two accessories]. I am [POSE OR ACTION] in [SETTING with two or three background details]. Lighting: [LIGHT TYPE + TIME OF DAY]. Mood: [EXPRESSION AND FEELING]. Shot as [PHOTO STYLE], [LENS LOOK AND FRAMING], [ASPECT RATIO]. Natural skin texture, correct hands, no extra people, no text or watermark.

Word banks to create your own prompts

Attire for women: white saree with red border, Dhakai jamdani, cotton tant, silk with gold zari, kantha-stitch dupatta, red-and-white bangles, jhumka earrings, oxidised silver jewellery, small red bindi.

Attire for men: cotton panjabi with dhoti, silk panjabi, cream shawl, white kurta with pyjama, bandhgala jacket, red uttariya, gold buttons.

Colours that suit the festival: red and white, cream and maroon, mustard yellow, ivory and gold, deep red, saffron accents.

Settings: pandal entrance, heritage courtyard, kash flower field, illuminated festival lane, rooftop terrace, vintage yellow taxi, alpona-painted wall, riverside ghat with marigolds, old Kolkata lane.

Light: golden hour backlight, soft morning light, warm string-light glow, diffused daylight, window light, rim light against night bokeh, lamp glow.

Photo style: fashion editorial, candid street photography, cinematic night portrait, vintage black-and-white film, magazine cover, lifestyle photo.

Lens and framing: 85mm portrait look, 35mm street look, wide-angle full-length, waist-up, head-and-shoulders, shallow depth of field.

Aspect ratios: 4:5 for the Instagram feed, 9:16 for Stories and Reels, 1:1 for profile pictures, 16:9 for Facebook and X covers.

Worked example 1: Riverside ghat portrait (woman)

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a cream cotton saree with a green border, a simple gold necklace and glass bangles. I am standing on the steps of a riverside ghat with marigold garlands draped on the railing. Lighting: soft golden morning light. Mood: serene and thoughtful. Shot as a lifestyle portrait, 50mm lens look, waist-up, 4:5 vertical. Natural skin texture, correct hands, no extra people, no text or watermark.

Worked example 2: Saffron panjabi at a lantern lane (man)

Using my uploaded photo as the exact face reference, keep my face, skin tone, hairstyle and features unchanged. Dress me in a saffron silk panjabi with a white dhoti and a cream shawl. I am walking through a lane hung with paper lanterns and strings of marigolds. Lighting: warm lantern glow at dusk. Mood: cheerful and easy. Shot as candid street photography, 35mm lens look, full-length, 4:5 vertical. Natural skin texture, correct hands, no extra people, no text or watermark.

Make it a couple prompt in one step

Replace Layer 1 with “Using my uploaded couple photo as the exact face reference, keep both faces, skin tones, hairstyles and features unchanged.” Then describe each person’s outfit separately in Layer 2, using “her” and “him.” Add one shared action in Layer 3, such as walking together or sharing tea.

Refinement lines for follow-up messages

Once Gemini gives you a first result, you can adjust it conversationally. Change one thing per message:

• “Keep everything the same but make the light warmer and softer.”
• “Keep the face and outfit. Replace the background with a quiet courtyard.”
• “Make the saree border thicker and a deeper red.”
• “Reduce the background crowd. Keep only soft light blobs.”
• “Make the skin look more natural, with minimal retouching.”
• “Change the framing to full-length.”
• “Convert this to a 9:16 vertical for Stories.”
• “Fix the hands so each has five natural fingers.”

Quick fixes when a result looks off

The face does not look like me. Upload a sharper, front-facing photo, move the identity-lock line to the very start, and shorten the scene description. Very long prompts can dilute the face reference.

The outfit looks generic. Name the weave, the border colour and the accessories. “Cotton tant saree with a maroon border” works better than “Indian dress.”

The skin looks plastic or over-smoothed. Add “natural skin texture, visible pores, minimal retouching.”

The background is too busy. Add “background softly blurred, no crowd” or choose a quieter setting like the courtyard or rooftop.

Greeting text is misspelled. Put the exact words in quotation marks, ask for one line only, and regenerate. For long messages, add the text later in a design app instead.

The pose looks stiff. Replace “standing” with an action such as walking, laughing, glancing over a shoulder or holding a cup of tea.

Posting your images respectfully

A few simple habits keep the result in good taste and good faith:

• Keep the idol in the background. The prompts above use the pandal as a softly blurred setting. Avoid prompts that place your face on the goddess or any deity, or that put people in ritual roles they would not hold in real life.
• Respect the rituals. Anjali and Sindoor Khela are sacred parts of the festival. Present them with care, and read the note on prompt 30 before using it.
• Only upload photos of people who have agreed. This applies especially to friends, family and children.
• Label your post. Gemini marks AI-generated images with an invisible SynthID watermark, and Google’s image tools may add a visible one as well. A short “made with AI” in your caption is a good practice and builds trust with your audience.

Conclusion

A good Durga Puja photo is about the details: the red border of the saree, the cream of the panjabi, the glow of a pandal at dusk. The 36 prompts above give you a clear structure for each of those details, and the five-layer template lets you extend them to any outfit, place or mood you want. Start with one prompt from your section, adjust a single layer at a time, and you will have a festive portrait that looks like you, ready to share.

Shubho Pujo.

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