How many pandals can I see in Maniktala – Amherst Street in one evening?

7 curated pandals sit within the Maniktala – Amherst Street circuit, about 39 min of walking end to end. With queues of 5 to 20 minutes at the gates on Puja evenings, four to six pandals in three hours is realistic; the planner fits the number to your time.

Which metro station is best for Maniktala – Amherst Street?

Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro: Rammohan Sammilani is about 15 minutes' walk from it. Other stations serving the area: Girish Park Metro.

Which are the famous or best pandals in Maniktala – Amherst Street?

None of the Maniktala – Amherst Street pandals is a citywide headline puja, which is exactly why queues here are short; Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja are the best known.

Is there a Maniktala – Amherst Street Durga Puja route map?

Yes: the "Open this route map in Google Maps" link above draws the walking order from Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro through the pandals, and the planner on the home page builds a route from wherever you are standing, fitted to the hours you have.

Where are the public toilets in Maniktala – Amherst Street?

No public toilet is pinned in this area yet; metro stations on the way have toilets inside the paid area, and big pandals set up bio-toilets during the Puja days.

Maniktala – Amherst Street pandal hopping route 2026

উত্তর কলকাতা পুজো পরিক্রমা ২০২৬ · Maniktala – Amherst Street

North Kolkata · pandal list of 7 · about 39 min walking (3.1 km) end to end

Chaltabagan, Vivekananda Road and the lanes between Maniktala crossing and Beadon Street. Also searched as Manicktala, Maniktala, Chaltabagan.

This is the Maniktala – Amherst Street Durga Puja pandal list for 2026 (Puja runs 17 to 21 October) as a walkable route in north Kolkata: the famous pujas and the neighbourhood ones on the same lanes, with the nearest metro station, peak queues, a route map link, and the food and toilets on the way.

The order below starts at the pandal nearest a metro station (Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro) and always walks to the closest pandal next, with walking minutes measured on OpenStreetMap streets. It is a readable default, not a plan: the planner reorders stops around your time, queues and what you want to see, and skips the ones that would not fit.

Plan tonight's Maniktala – Amherst Street route

Open this route map in Google Maps (from Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro; Google shows the first nine stops)

Share this route on WhatsApp

Pandal list and walking order

1Rammohan Sammilani
Amherst Street · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 7 min · 590 m
237 Pally
Amherst Street · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 4 min · 310 m
3Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin
Chaltabagan · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 4 min · 290 m
4Brindaban Matri Mandir
Sukia Street · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 8 min · 620 m
5Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja
Chaltabagan · theme puja · peak queue ~20 min
🚶 2 min · 180 m
6Haritaki Bagan Sarbojanin
Maniktala · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 14 min · 1.1 km
7Halsibagan Sarbojanin
Maniktala · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue

Nearest metro stations

Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro: Rammohan Sammilani (~15 min), 37 Pally (~17 min), Halsibagan Sarbojanin (~23 min)
Girish Park Metro: Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin (~16 min), Brindaban Matri Mandir (~20 min), Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja (~16 min), Haritaki Bagan Sarbojanin (~17 min)

Food, toilets and sights in Maniktala – Amherst Street

Where to eat and drink

Ganguram (Maniktala, Vivekananda Road) · Kochuri till 10 am, radhaballabhi after, and the full Ganguram sweet counter at the Amherst Street crossing by Maniktala market

Worth a look on the way

Kolkata Police Museum (APC Road) · The 1880s police building on APC Road with the Alipore bomb-case and revolutionary-era exhibits; closed by evening, but the heritage facade faces the road beside Brindaban Matri Mandir
Maniktala Market clock tower · The old clock tower over Maniktala Bazar at the APC Road / Vivekananda Road crossing: landmark for the market and the fish-market lanes behind it
Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Museum (Simla House) · Rammohun Roy's own 1814 house, 'Simla House', restored as a museum; the pillared porch on Raja Rammohan Sarani is just north of the Kailash Bose Street pandal

Maniktala – Amherst Street: questions people ask

How many pandals can I see in Maniktala – Amherst Street in one evening?: 7 curated pandals sit within the Maniktala – Amherst Street circuit, about 39 min of walking end to end. With queues of 5 to 20 minutes at the gates on Puja evenings, four to six pandals in three hours is realistic; the planner fits the number to your time.
Which metro station is best for Maniktala – Amherst Street?: Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro: Rammohan Sammilani is about 15 minutes' walk from it. Other stations serving the area: Girish Park Metro.
Which are the famous or best pandals in Maniktala – Amherst Street?: None of the Maniktala – Amherst Street pandals is a citywide headline puja, which is exactly why queues here are short; Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja are the best known.
Is there a Maniktala – Amherst Street Durga Puja route map?: Yes: the "Open this route map in Google Maps" link above draws the walking order from Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro through the pandals, and the planner on the home page builds a route from wherever you are standing, fitted to the hours you have.
Where are the public toilets in Maniktala – Amherst Street?: No public toilet is pinned in this area yet; metro stations on the way have toilets inside the paid area, and big pandals set up bio-toilets during the Puja days.