Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari Durga Puja 2026
Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari is a neighbourhood puja in Jorasanko, 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 Balaram Dey Street Dutta 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
- Girish Park Metro~2 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Jorasanko
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 2 minutes (150 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 Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)4 min · 310 m
- Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)6 min · 460 m
- Chhatu Babu Latu Babu Bari (Ramdulal Nibas)6 min · 520 m
- Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin7 min · 560 m
- Rabindra Kanan Sarbojanin (Beadon Square)7 min · 620 m
- Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi)8 min · 660 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Niranjan Agar (Girish Park) · 150 mFish fry, mutton cutlet and mangsho chop in a 1920s cabin beside Girish Park metro; Uttam Kumar's old haunt
- Eat: Nalin Chandra Das & Sons (Natun Bazar, Jorasanko) · 390 mSweet shop since 1841 inside Natun Bazar off Rabindra Sarani; the jalbhara sandesh is the thing to buy
- Eat: Girish Ch. Dey & Nakur Ch. Nandy (Hedua) · 630 mDry sandesh since 1844: jolbhora, monohora, malai roll; no seating, buy a box for the walk
- Worth a look: Minerva Theatre (Beadon Street) · 270 mThe 1893 theatre on the site of the Great National Theatre, where Girish Ghosh gave his last performance; restored, with a lit heritage facade on Beadon Street
Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 2 minutes' walk (150 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari?
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) (4 min walk), Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) (6 min walk), Chhatu Babu Latu Babu Bari (Ramdulal Nibas) (6 min walk), Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin (7 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari?
- 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 Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari 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 Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari and is entry free?
- Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari is in Jorasanko, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 2 minutes' walk from Girish Park Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.