Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street) Durga Puja 2026
Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street) is a neighbourhood puja in Goabagan, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north 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 Bholanath Dham entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Girish Park Metro~16 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Goabagan
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street)
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 16 minutes (1.2 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.
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 Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Haritaki Bagan Sarbojanin4 min · 290 m
- Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja5 min · 430 m
- Beadon Street Sarbojanin7 min · 540 m
- Kashi Bose Lane Sarbojanin8 min · 650 m
- Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin9 min · 780 m
- Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)10 min · 820 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Bidhan Sarani at Hemendra Sen Street (Hatibagan) · 600 mPay toilet just south of Hatibagan crossing on Bidhan Sarani; basic, cash only
- Eat: Ganguram (Maniktala, Vivekananda Road) · 320 mKochuri till 10 am, radhaballabhi after, and the full Ganguram sweet counter at the Amherst Street crossing by Maniktala market
- Eat: Girish Ch. Dey & Nakur Ch. Nandy (Hedua) · 420 mDry sandesh since 1844: jolbhora, monohora, malai roll; no seating, buy a box for the walk
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hatibagan) · 660 mSit-down Bengali meal beside Star Theatre: kosha mangsho, daab chingri, mutton dakbungalow; branch of the Ekdalia original
- Worth a look: Scottish Church College (1830) · 230 mVivekananda and Netaji's college; the 1830s neo-classical main building and Duff Church are opposite Hedua Park on Urquhart Square
- Worth a look: Hedua Park (Azad Hind Bag) and tank · 340 mThe big tank and park at Hedua More, between Bethune and Scottish Church colleges; the park itself hosts a puja and the lit tank is a good breather
Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street)?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 16 minutes' walk (1.2 km) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street)?
- Haritaki Bagan Sarbojanin (4 min walk), Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja (5 min walk), Beadon Street Sarbojanin (7 min walk), Kashi Bose Lane Sarbojanin (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street)?
- 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 Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street) 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 Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street) and is entry free?
- Bholanath Dham (Dutta Bari, Beadon Street) is in Goabagan, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 16 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.