66 Pally Durga Puja 2026
66 Pally is a well-known puja in Kalighat, part of the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping circuit in south Kolkata (also searched as 66 Pally Kalighat, 66 Pally Durga Puja). It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, with heavy crowds on Puja evenings. The committee announces its 2026 theme shortly before Puja; this page does not repeat unconfirmed themes and covers the practical side: the nearest metro station, the queue, and the walk to the next pandal.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the 66 Pally entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Kalighat Metro~6 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~25 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Kalighat
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach 66 Pally
Take the metro to Kalighat Metro and walk about 6 minutes (430 m). On Puja nights the lanes around big pandals are one-way for pedestrians and police may route you a longer way in; follow the barricades. Open walking directions in Google Maps.
Queues run about 25 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon. Plan about 12 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near 66 Pally
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Badamtala Ashar Sangha2 min · 190 m
- Dakshin Kolkata Tarun Samity (Keoratala)5 min · 410 m
- Sanghasree (Kalighat)7 min · 550 m
- Rashbehari Suhrid Sangha8 min · 680 m
- Juba Maitry (Kalighat)8 min · 700 m
- Chetla Agrani Club10 min · 800 m
See the whole Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Drinking water: Drinking water, Kali Temple Road / Gurupada Halder Road (Kalighat) · 280 mDrinking-water tap on the lane between Kalighat temple and the Sanghasree pandal
- Toilet: Public toilet, Mahim Halder Street (Kalighat) · 480 mToilet on Mahim Halder Street behind the Jubamaitry pandal, 150 m from Kalighat temple lanes
- Eat: Apanjan (Kalighat) · 270 mFish fry with chips and salad since 1982; takeaway counter on Sadananda Road
- Eat: Pithe Bilashi (Kalighat) · 500 mPithe and puli all year, sweet and savoury, a lane from Kalighat metro
- Eat: Kamdhenu Sweets (Lake Mall) · 650 mBesan laddoo, rasmalai and nolen gur sandesh at the Lake Mall counter by Lake Market
- Worth a look: Kalighat Kali Temple · 240 mOne 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
- Worth a look: Rashbehari crossing (Kalighat metro) · 340 mRashbehari Avenue meets S.P. Mukherjee Road over Kalighat metro; the Kalighat puja lanes are west of here, Lake Market east
- Worth a look: Keoratala burning ghat (orientation only) · 350 mThe city's main crematorium (1862) on the Adi Ganga, where Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar were cremated; pass quietly, cameras down
66 Pally: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to 66 Pally?
- Kalighat Metro is the nearest metro station, about 6 minutes' walk (430 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at 66 Pally?
- Queues run about 25 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near 66 Pally?
- Badamtala Ashar Sangha (2 min walk), Dakshin Kolkata Tarun Samity (Keoratala) (5 min walk), Sanghasree (Kalighat) (7 min walk), Rashbehari Suhrid Sangha (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at 66 Pally?
- Durga Puja 2026 runs from Shashthi, Saturday 17 October, to Dashami, Wednesday 21 October 2026. Most big Kolkata pandals open to visitors from Chaturthi (15 October) or earlier, and the crowds peak on Ashtami and Navami evenings (19 and 20 October).
- When does 66 Pally open to visitors in 2026?
- Most pandals of this size are open and lit from Panchami or Shashthi (16 or 17 October 2026); the committee announces the exact day. Chaturthi and Panchami evenings are the best time to see it without the queue.
- What is the 66 Pally Durga Puja 2026 theme?
- The committee announces the theme shortly before Puja, and this page does not repeat unconfirmed reports; check the club's own announcement. What stays true every year is the practical side: Kalighat Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 25 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is 66 Pally and is entry free?
- 66 Pally is in Kalighat, south Kolkata, on the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat circuit, about 6 minutes' walk from Kalighat Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.