Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav Durga Puja 2026
Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav is one of the city's headline pujas in Bagbazar, part of the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata (also searched as Baghbazar Sarbojanin, Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durga Puja, Bagbazar Durga Puja). It is a traditional puja: the idol and the rituals are the point, in the classic ekchala or daker saaj style, with heavy crowds on Puja evenings.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Shyambazar Metro~13 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~20 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- traditional puja
- Area
- Bagbazar
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav
Take the metro to Shyambazar Metro and walk about 13 minutes (940 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 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon. Plan about 15 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Baghbazar Pally Puja O Pradarshani5 min · 450 m
- Kumartuli Sarbojanin9 min · 760 m
- Jagat Mukherjee Park Sadharan Durgotsab10 min · 850 m
- Kumartuli Park Sarbojanin13 min · 1.1 km
- Shobhabazar Rajbari (Raja Nabakrishna Deb)16 min · 1.3 km
- Tala Barowari Durgotsab16 min · 1.3 km
See the whole Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Bholanath Cabin (Bagbazar) · 220 mOld Bagbazar cabin on Girish Avenue for kochuri with aloo dum in the morning and chops later
- Eat: Chittaranjan Mistanna Bhandar (Shyambazar Street) · 680 mThe rosogolla specialist since 1907, one of the GI-certified shops; also kalakand and sandesh, no seating
- Worth a look: Bagbazar Sarbojanin mela (puja-week fair) · 0 mThe fair fills the ground around the ekchala idol all Puja week: rides, stalls and food; come before 7 pm if you want to move
- Worth a look: Bishnuram Chakraborty's 18th-century temples · 100 mA cluster of small 18th-century aat-chala Shiva temples at the corner by Bagbazar ground; a two-minute look while passing
- Worth a look: Girish Mancha (theatre) · 160 mThe state theatre named after Girish Ghosh, father of the Bengali stage; often has Puja-week shows, worth a glance at the building
Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav?
- Shyambazar Metro is the nearest metro station, about 13 minutes' walk (940 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav?
- Queues run about 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav?
- Baghbazar Pally Puja O Pradarshani (5 min walk), Kumartuli Sarbojanin (9 min walk), Jagat Mukherjee Park Sadharan Durgotsab (10 min walk), Kumartuli Park Sarbojanin (13 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav?
- 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 Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav open to visitors in 2026?
- The headline pujas usually open to the public from Tritiya or Chaturthi (14 or 15 October 2026), sometimes earlier for a preview; the exact day is announced by the committee a few days before. Chaturthi and Panchami evenings are the best time to see it without the queue.
- Where is Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav and is entry free?
- Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav is in Bagbazar, north Kolkata, on the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola circuit, about 13 minutes' walk from Shyambazar Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.