How many pandals can I see in Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat in one evening?

13 curated pandals sit within the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat circuit, about 1 h 54 min of walking end to end. With queues of 5 to 45 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 Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat?

Kalighat Metro: Rashbehari Suhrid Sangha is about 3 minutes' walk from it. Other stations serving the area: Rabindra Sarobar Metro, Jatin Das Park Metro, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro.

Which are the famous or best pandals in Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat?

The famous pujas here, the ones with citywide crowds, are Mudiali Club, Badamtala Ashar Sangha. 11 more neighbourhood pujas sit along the same lanes and are usually quicker to get into.

Is there a Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat Durga Puja route map?

Yes: the "Open this route map in Google Maps" link above draws the walking order from Kalighat 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 Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat?

Pay toilet, Lions Safari Park (Rabindra Sarobar, Kavi Bharati Sarani); Pay toilet, Naresh Mitra Sarani by Chittaranjan Seva Sadan (Bhowanipore); Pay toilet, Prince Golam Mohammad Shah Road (Tollygunge); Public toilet, Lake Gardens Road at Rabindra Sarobar Gate No. 4. Metro stations on the way have toilets inside the paid area.

Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping route 2026

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South Kolkata · pandal list of 13 · about 1 h 54 min walking (9.6 km) end to end

Ballygunge Cultural, Badamtala Ashar Sangha, 66 Pally, Mudiali; ends near Rabindra Sarobar metro. Also searched as Rash Behari, Rashbehari, Kalighat, Mudiali, Lake Market.

This is the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat Durga Puja pandal list for 2026 (Puja runs 17 to 21 October) as a walkable route in south 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 headline pandals here are Mudiali Club, Badamtala Ashar Sangha.

The order below starts at the pandal nearest a metro station (Kalighat 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.

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Pandal list and walking order

1Rashbehari Suhrid Sangha
Kalighat / Rashbehari · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 7 min · 550 m
2Bengal United Club (Kabir Road)
Lake Market · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 4 min · 350 m
3Shibmandir Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samiti
Lake Temple Road / Rabindra Sarobar · theme puja · peak queue ~25 min
🚶 5 min · 430 m
4Mudiali Club
Lake Market · theme puja · peak queue ~40 min
🚶 13 min · 1.1 km
5Dakshin Kolkata Tarun Samity (Keoratala)
Kalighat · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 5 min · 410 m
666 Pally
Kalighat · theme puja · peak queue ~25 min
🚶 2 min · 190 m
7Badamtala Ashar Sangha
Kalighat · theme puja · peak queue ~45 min
🚶 6 min · 530 m
8Sanghasree (Kalighat)
Kalighat · theme puja · peak queue ~20 min
🚶 2 min · 140 m
9Juba Maitry (Kalighat)
Kalighat · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 7 min · 580 m
1064 Pally (Kalighat)
Kalighat · theme puja · no real queue
🚶 9 min · 790 m
11Sammilani (Bhowanipore)
Bhowanipore · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue
🚶 22 min · 1.9 km
12Ballygunge Cultural Association
Lake Road · theme puja with a traditional idol · peak queue ~25 min
🚶 32 min · 2.7 km
13Hindustan Pally (Tollygunge Place Club)
Tollygunge · theme puja with a traditional idol · no real queue

Nearest metro stations

Kalighat Metro: Rashbehari Suhrid Sangha (~3 min), Bengal United Club (Kabir Road) (~9 min), Dakshin Kolkata Tarun Samity (Keoratala) (~8 min), 66 Pally (~6 min)
Rabindra Sarobar Metro: Shibmandir Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samiti (~11 min), Mudiali Club (~6 min)
Jatin Das Park Metro: Sanghasree (Kalighat) (~7 min), Juba Maitry (Kalighat) (~6 min), 64 Pally (Kalighat) (~7 min), Sammilani (Bhowanipore) (~5 min)
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro: Hindustan Pally (Tollygunge Place Club) (~10 min)

Food, toilets and sights in Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat

Public toilets and water

Pay toilet, Lions Safari Park (Rabindra Sarobar, Kavi Bharati Sarani) · Pay toilet inside Lions Safari Park on the Rabindra Sarobar east side; park gates shut in the evening
Pay toilet, Naresh Mitra Sarani by Chittaranjan Seva Sadan (Bhowanipore) · Pay toilet on Naresh Mitra Sarani outside Chittaranjan Seva Sadan hospital, off S.P. Mukherjee Road
Pay toilet, Prince Golam Mohammad Shah Road (Tollygunge) · Pay toilet on Prince Golam Md Shah Road near Guru Govindan Kutty Udyan, 600 m from Hindustan Pally; squat pans
Public toilet, Lake Gardens Road at Rabindra Sarobar Gate No. 4 · Toilet on Lake Gardens Road near Rabindra Sarobar gate 4 and the Calcutta Cricket Coaching Centre
Public toilet, Mahim Halder Street (Kalighat) · Toilet on Mahim Halder Street behind the Jubamaitry pandal, 150 m from Kalighat temple lanes
Drinking water, Kali Temple Road / Gurupada Halder Road (Kalighat) · Drinking-water tap on the lane between Kalighat temple and the Sanghasree pandal

Where to eat and drink

Apanjan (Kalighat) · Fish fry with chips and salad since 1982; takeaway counter on Sadananda Road
Calcutta Nostalgia (Mudiali) · Thakurbari-style Bengali thalis in a lane behind Mudiali: chingri bora, mohabhoj thali, daab pudding
Epare Bangla (Lake Terrace) · Thali-led Bengali place that grew out of a cloud kitchen: basanti pulao, mutton kosha; closed 16:00-19:00
Kamdhenu Sweets (Lake Mall) · Besan laddoo, rasmalai and nolen gur sandesh at the Lake Mall counter by Lake Market
Makhan Lal Das & Sons (Lake View Road) · South branch of one of the city's oldest sandesh houses (Natun Bazar, 1824): plain sandesh, kanchagolla, nolen gur in season
Oudh 1590 (Deshapriya Park) · The original Awadhi dining room (2013): handi biryani, galouti kebab, raan; expect a wait on Puja nights
Oudh 1590 (Southern Avenue, Vivekananda Park) · Newer Oudh 1590 branch by Vivekananda Park on Southern Avenue; the same handi biryani as Deshapriya Park
Pithe Bilashi (Kalighat) · Pithe and puli all year, sweet and savoury, a lane from Kalighat metro
Sree Hari Mistanna Bhandar (Bhowanipore) · Morning kochuri with cholar dal, halua and the jumbo langcha, since 1913; go before noon
Tanur Heshel (Sarat Bose Road) · Bengali-Chinese family restaurant opposite the Sarat Bose Road post office
The Bhoj Company (Lake Market) · Dhakai Bengali cooking upstairs beside Lake Mall: kacchi biryani, ilish, bhuna

Worth a look on the way

Adi Ganga bank behind Kalighat temple · The old Ganga channel the temple is named for runs behind it; the ghat steps are worth a two-minute look from the bank, nothing more
Kalighat Kali Temple · One of the 51 Shakti Peethas; the 1809 temple is 250-350 m west of the Sanghasree and Badamtala lanes. Darshan queues are long on Puja days, the lane of shrine-shops is the quick look
Keoratala burning ghat (orientation only) · The city's main crematorium (1862) on the Adi Ganga, where Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar were cremated; pass quietly, cameras down
Lake Kalibari (Karunamoyee Kali temple), Southern Avenue · 1949 Kali temple facing the lake on Southern Avenue; a five-minute darshan on the way from Ballygunge Cultural to the lake-side pujas
Lake Market and Lake Mall, Rashbehari Avenue · South Kolkata's big fish, flower and vegetable market; the shop lanes around it stay lively on Puja nights
Rabindra Sarobar (Dhakuria Lake), Southern Avenue gate 4 · Step through the gate for the lake-front promenade, a quiet ten minutes between the Lake Road and Shibmandir pujas
Rashbehari crossing (Kalighat metro) · Rashbehari Avenue meets S.P. Mukherjee Road over Kalighat metro; the Kalighat puja lanes are west of here, Lake Market east

Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat: questions people ask

How many pandals can I see in Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat in one evening?: 13 curated pandals sit within the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat circuit, about 1 h 54 min of walking end to end. With queues of 5 to 45 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 Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat?: Kalighat Metro: Rashbehari Suhrid Sangha is about 3 minutes' walk from it. Other stations serving the area: Rabindra Sarobar Metro, Jatin Das Park Metro, Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Metro.
Which are the famous or best pandals in Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat?: The famous pujas here, the ones with citywide crowds, are Mudiali Club, Badamtala Ashar Sangha. 11 more neighbourhood pujas sit along the same lanes and are usually quicker to get into.
Is there a Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat Durga Puja route map?: Yes: the "Open this route map in Google Maps" link above draws the walking order from Kalighat 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 Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat?: Pay toilet, Lions Safari Park (Rabindra Sarobar, Kavi Bharati Sarani); Pay toilet, Naresh Mitra Sarani by Chittaranjan Seva Sadan (Bhowanipore); Pay toilet, Prince Golam Mohammad Shah Road (Tollygunge); Public toilet, Lake Gardens Road at Rabindra Sarobar Gate No. 4. Metro stations on the way have toilets inside the paid area.