Brindaban Matri Mandir Durga Puja 2026
Brindaban Matri Mandir is a neighbourhood puja in Sukia Street, part of the Maniktala – Amherst Street pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata. It is a puja that pairs a themed pandal with a traditional idol, with a light crowd. 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 Brindaban Matri Mandir entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Maniktala – Amherst Street pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Girish Park Metro~20 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~8 min
- Style
- theme puja with a traditional idol
- Area
- Sukia Street
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Brindaban Matri Mandir
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 20 minutes (1.5 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 8 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Brindaban Matri Mandir
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)2 min · 150 m
- Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin4 min · 290 m
- 37 Pally5 min · 380 m
- Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja8 min · 620 m
- Halsibagan Sarbojanin8 min · 650 m
- Haritaki Bagan Sarbojanin9 min · 720 m
See the whole Maniktala – Amherst Street walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Ganguram (Maniktala, Vivekananda Road) · 360 mKochuri till 10 am, radhaballabhi after, and the full Ganguram sweet counter at the Amherst Street crossing by Maniktala market
- Worth a look: Kolkata Police Museum (APC Road) · 80 mThe 1880s police building on APC Road with the Alipore bomb-case and revolutionary-era exhibits; closed by evening, but the heritage facade faces the road beside Brindaban Matri Mandir
- Worth a look: Vidyasagar's house (Badur Bagan) · 160 mIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar's home at 36 Vidyasagar Street, where he died in 1891; now the Vidyasagar Academy, a plaque-and-facade stop beside the Sreemany house
- Worth a look: Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Museum (Simla House) · 240 mRammohun Roy's own 1814 house, 'Simla House', restored as a museum; the pillared porch on Raja Rammohan Sarani is just north of the Kailash Bose Street pandal
Brindaban Matri Mandir: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Brindaban Matri Mandir?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 20 minutes' walk (1.5 km) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Brindaban Matri Mandir?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Brindaban Matri Mandir?
- Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street) (2 min walk), Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin (4 min walk), 37 Pally (5 min walk), Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Brindaban Matri Mandir?
- 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 Brindaban Matri Mandir 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 Brindaban Matri Mandir 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: Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, there is rarely a long queue, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Brindaban Matri Mandir and is entry free?
- Brindaban Matri Mandir is in Sukia Street, north Kolkata, on the Maniktala – Amherst Street circuit, about 20 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.