College Square Sarbojanin Durga Puja 2026
College Square Sarbojanin is a well-known puja in College Street, part of the College Street line pandal hopping circuit in central Kolkata (also searched as College Square Sarbojanin, College Square Durga Puja). It is a traditional puja: the idol and the rituals are the point, in the classic ekchala or daker saaj style, with heavy crowds on Puja evenings.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the College Square 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
- Central Metro~10 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~20 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- traditional puja
- Area
- College Street
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach College Square Sarbojanin
Take the metro to Central Metro and walk about 10 minutes (790 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 20 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 College Square Sarbojanin
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari7 min · 550 m
- Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)9 min · 770 m
- Rammohan Sammilani10 min · 820 m
- Thanthania Laha Bari10 min · 830 m
- Thanthania Dutta Bari10 min · 850 m
- Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)10 min · 850 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet on College Street outside Calcutta University (College Square) · 140 mPavement toilet (with shower) on College Street in front of the University centenary building
- Eat: Paramount Sherbet (College Square) · 60 mDaab sherbet since 1918, the College Street cool-down; stand at the counter
- Eat: Putiram (College Street) · 110 mKochuri with cholar dal and phulkopir shingara, sweets after; heritage shop near the College Street end of Surya Sen Street
- Eat: Indian Coffee House (College Street) · 180 mThe adda institution since 1942: infusion, mutton cutlet, Kabiraji; first floor of Albert Hall
- Eat: Basanta Cabin (College Street) · 260 mOld College Street cabin for fish kabiraji, thin Mughlai porota and aloo dum; Uttam Kumar ate here
- Eat: Kalika (College Street telebhaja) · 280 mChops and telebhaja since 1965: fish chop, mochar chop, beguni; afternoons only, closed Sunday
- Worth a look: College Square tank · 70 mThe swimming tank the puja is built around: the lit reflection of the pandal and the colonnaded Calcutta University buildings is the photo everyone takes
- Worth a look: College Street boi para (Presidency to Coffee House) · 240 mThe book-stall mile: Presidency's 1817 gate, Hindu and Hare schools, Sanskrit College and the Coffee House opposite; most stalls shut by 9 pm, the facades stay lit
College Square Sarbojanin: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to College Square Sarbojanin?
- Central Metro is the nearest metro station, about 10 minutes' walk (790 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at College Square Sarbojanin?
- Queues run about 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near College Square Sarbojanin?
- Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari (7 min walk), Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) (9 min walk), Rammohan Sammilani (10 min walk), Thanthania Laha Bari (10 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at College Square 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 College Square 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.
- Where is College Square Sarbojanin and is entry free?
- College Square Sarbojanin is in College Street, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 10 minutes' walk from Central Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.