Chorbagan Seal Bari Durga Puja 2026
চোরবাগান শীলবাড়ী
Chorbagan Seal Bari is a neighbourhood puja in Chorbagan, 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 Chorbagan Seal 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
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro~4 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Chorbagan
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Chorbagan Seal Bari
Take the metro to Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro and walk about 4 minutes (290 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 Chorbagan Seal Bari
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin5 min · 420 m
- Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)5 min · 420 m
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)5 min · 430 m
- Thanthania Dutta Bari8 min · 680 m
- Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari9 min · 730 m
- Thanthania Laha Bari9 min · 730 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Niranjan Agar (Girish Park) · 520 mFish fry, mutton cutlet and mangsho chop in a 1920s cabin beside Girish Park metro; Uttam Kumar's old haunt
- Eat: Swadhin Bharat Hindu Hotel (College Square) · 640 m1920s pice hotel on Bhawani Dutta Lane where Netaji ate; rice, dal and fish curry at lunch
- Worth a look: Marble Palace (Chorbagan) · 70 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: Jorasanko Thakurbari (Tagore house, Rabindra Bharati) · 280 mRabindranath's family mansion and museum, two lanes from the Daw houses; the red courtyard is lit at night even when the museum is shut
Chorbagan Seal Bari: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Chorbagan Seal Bari?
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro is the nearest metro station, about 4 minutes' walk (290 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Chorbagan Seal Bari?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Chorbagan Seal Bari?
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin (5 min walk), Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) (5 min walk), Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) (5 min walk), Thanthania Dutta Bari (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Chorbagan Seal 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 Chorbagan Seal 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 Chorbagan Seal Bari and is entry free?
- Chorbagan Seal Bari is in Chorbagan, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 4 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.