Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola) Durga Puja 2026
Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola) is a neighbourhood puja in Colootola, part of the College Street line pandal hopping circuit in central Kolkata. It is a bonedi bari, one of the old family pujas held in a heritage house courtyard (thakur dalan), usually calmer and open by day, with a light crowd.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Badan Chandra Roy Bari entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the College Street line pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Central Metro~5 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Colootola
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)
Take the metro to Central Metro and walk about 5 minutes (350 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.
There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in. Plan about 10 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)5 min · 390 m
- Md. Ali Park (Youth Association)6 min · 520 m
- College Square Sarbojanin10 min · 850 m
- Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari11 min · 950 m
- Chorbagan Seal Bari15 min · 1.2 km
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin16 min · 1.3 km
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet on College Street outside Calcutta University (College Square) · 530 mPavement toilet (with shower) on College Street in front of the University centenary building
- Eat: Royal Indian Hotel (Chitpur) · 350 mMutton chaap and the kofta biryani since 1905, near Nakhoda Masjid; shahi tukda to finish
- Eat: Basanta Cabin (College Street) · 490 mOld College Street cabin for fish kabiraji, thin Mughlai porota and aloo dum; Uttam Kumar ate here
- Eat: Swadhin Bharat Hindu Hotel (College Square) · 520 m1920s pice hotel on Bhawani Dutta Lane where Netaji ate; rice, dal and fish curry at lunch
- Eat: Indian Coffee House (College Street) · 610 mThe adda institution since 1942: infusion, mutton cutlet, Kabiraji; first floor of Albert Hall
- Eat: Paramount Sherbet (College Square) · 680 mDaab sherbet since 1918, the College Street cool-down; stand at the counter
- Worth a look: Tiretta Bazaar Chinese breakfast (Sun Yat Sen Street) · 300 mDawn street breakfast of old Chinatown: pork buns, momos, fish-ball soup, sticky rice on Sun Yat Sen Street from about 6 am, gone by 8; biggest on Sunday
- Worth a look: Nakhoda Masjid and Zakaria Street · 360 mKolkata's biggest mosque (1926), red sandstone domes modelled on Akbar's tomb; Zakaria Street below it is the kebab-and-attar lane, best after dark
Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)?
- Central Metro is the nearest metro station, about 5 minutes' walk (350 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)?
- Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) (5 min walk), Md. Ali Park (Youth Association) (6 min walk), College Square Sarbojanin (10 min walk), Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari (11 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)?
- 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 Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola) 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.
- Where is Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola) and is entry free?
- Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola) is in Colootola, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 5 minutes' walk from Central Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.