95 Pally (Jodhpur Park) Durga Puja 2026
95 Pally (Jodhpur Park) is a well-known puja in Jodhpur Park, part of the Jodhpur Park – Selimpur – Dhakuria pandal hopping circuit in south Kolkata (also searched as 95 Pally Jodhpur Park). 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 95 Pally entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Jodhpur Park – Selimpur – Dhakuria pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Rabindra Sarobar Metro~30 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~20 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Jodhpur Park
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park)
Take the metro to Rabindra Sarobar Metro and walk about 30 minutes (2.3 km). 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 20 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 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Jodhpur Park Sarbojanin9 min · 750 m
- Selimpur Pally11 min · 940 m
- Pally Mangal Samity (Taltala Ground)12 min · 1.0 km
- Babubagan Sarbojanin12 min · 1.0 km
- Abasarika (Dhakuria)13 min · 1.1 km
- Jagaran Club (Selimpur)14 min · 1.2 km
See the whole Jodhpur Park – Selimpur – Dhakuria walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Tea and coffee: Dolly's The Tea Shop (Dakshinapan) · 360 mIced tea and sandwiches in the Dakshinapan courtyard; Dolly Roy's shop since 1988
- Eat: Calcutta Pi (Prince Anwar Shah Road) · 680 mBengali comfort food just east of South City: dimer devil, gondhoraj chicken, kosha mangsho
- Worth a look: Dakshinapan shopping complex, Dhakuria bridge · 360 mOpen-air complex of state handicraft emporia at the foot of the Dhakuria rail bridge; Dolly's Tea Shop is inside
- Worth a look: Japanese Buddhist temple (Nipponzan Myohoji), Lake Road · 390 mWhite 1935 Japanese temple on Lake Road beside Rabindra Sarobar's Buddha Gate; monks drum the evening prayer at dusk and visitors may walk in
95 Pally (Jodhpur Park): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park)?
- Rabindra Sarobar Metro is the nearest metro station, about 30 minutes' walk (2.3 km) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park)?
- Queues run about 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park)?
- Jodhpur Park Sarbojanin (9 min walk), Selimpur Pally (11 min walk), Pally Mangal Samity (Taltala Ground) (12 min walk), Babubagan Sarbojanin (12 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park)?
- 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 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park) 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 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park) 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: Rabindra Sarobar Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 20 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park) and is entry free?
- 95 Pally (Jodhpur Park) is in Jodhpur Park, south Kolkata, on the Jodhpur Park – Selimpur – Dhakuria circuit, about 30 minutes' walk from Rabindra Sarobar Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.