Chorbagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja 2026
Chorbagan Sarbojanin is a well-known puja in Chorbagan, part of the College Street line pandal hopping circuit in central Kolkata (also searched as Chorebagan Sarbojanin, Chorebagan). It is a puja that pairs a themed pandal with a traditional idol, with a steady crowd on Puja evenings. 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 Chorbagan Sarbojanin entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the College Street line pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro~6 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~15 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- theme puja with a traditional idol
- Area
- Chorbagan
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Chorbagan Sarbojanin
Take the metro to Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro and walk about 6 minutes (430 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 15 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon. Plan about 12 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Chorbagan Sarbojanin
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Chorbagan Seal Bari5 min · 420 m
- Simla Byayam Samity5 min · 430 m
- Thanthania Dutta Bari6 min · 530 m
- Thanthania Laha Bari7 min · 580 m
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)8 min · 670 m
- Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)9 min · 720 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Niranjan Agar (Girish Park) · 360 mFish fry, mutton cutlet and mangsho chop in a 1920s cabin beside Girish Park metro; Uttam Kumar's old haunt
- Eat: Girish Ch. Dey & Nakur Ch. Nandy (Hedua) · 670 mDry sandesh since 1844: jolbhora, monohora, malai roll; no seating, buy a box for the walk
- Eat: Swadhin Bharat Hindu Hotel (College Square) · 690 m1920s pice hotel on Bhawani Dutta Lane where Netaji ate; rice, dal and fish curry at lunch
- Eat: Dilkhusha Cabin (College Street) · 700 mCentury-old cabin at the MG Road-College Street crossing: fish kabiraji, dimer devil, doi chicken; cabins gone since 2011, food the same
- Worth a look: Marble Palace (Chorbagan) · 340 mRaja Rajendra Mullick's 1835 mansion with its marble halls, statuary and aviary, next door to the Seal house; peek at the gates and garden if you pass by day
- Worth a look: Thanthania Kalibari (Siddheshwari Kali, 1803) · 390 mThe small 1803 Siddheshwari Kali temple of Shankar Ghosh on Bidhan Sarani, between the Laha and Dutta houses; a clay Kali that is remade every year
Chorbagan Sarbojanin: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Chorbagan Sarbojanin?
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro is the nearest metro station, about 6 minutes' walk (430 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Chorbagan Sarbojanin?
- Queues run about 15 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Chorbagan Sarbojanin?
- Chorbagan Seal Bari (5 min walk), Simla Byayam Samity (5 min walk), Thanthania Dutta Bari (6 min walk), Thanthania Laha Bari (7 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Chorbagan Sarbojanin?
- 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 Chorbagan Sarbojanin 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 Chorbagan Sarbojanin 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: Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 15 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Chorbagan Sarbojanin and is entry free?
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin is in Chorbagan, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 6 minutes' walk from Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.