Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi) Durga Puja 2026
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi) is a neighbourhood puja in Sonagachi, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata. It is a traditional puja: the idol and the rituals are the point, in the classic ekchala or daker saaj style, with a light crowd.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee 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~8 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~8 min
- Style
- traditional puja
- Area
- Sonagachi
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi)
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 8 minutes (620 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 8 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Darjipara Mitra Bari1 min · 50 m
- Chhatu Babu Latu Babu Bari (Ramdulal Nibas)3 min · 270 m
- Beadon Street Sarbojanin5 min · 450 m
- Kashi Bose Lane Sarbojanin7 min · 580 m
- Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari8 min · 660 m
- Rabindra Kanan Sarbojanin (Beadon Square)9 min · 760 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Mitra Cafe (Shobhabazar) · 520 mFish kabiraji and brain chop since 1920; right at Shobhabazar metro, opposite gate 5
- Eat: Niranjan Agar (Girish Park) · 530 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) · 560 mDry sandesh since 1844: jolbhora, monohora, malai roll; no seating, buy a box for the walk
- Eat: Nalin Chandra Das & Sons (Natun Bazar, Jorasanko) · 590 mSweet shop since 1841 inside Natun Bazar off Rabindra Sarani; the jalbhara sandesh is the thing to buy
- Eat: Allen Kitchen (Shobhabazar) · 650 mPrawn cutlet fried in ghee is the one thing to order; tiny counter, mostly takeaway
- Worth a look: Minerva Theatre (Beadon Street) · 310 mThe 1893 theatre on the site of the Great National Theatre, where Girish Ghosh gave his last performance; restored, with a lit heritage facade on Beadon Street
Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi)?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 8 minutes' walk (620 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi)?
- Darjipara Mitra Bari (1 min walk), Chhatu Babu Latu Babu Bari (Ramdulal Nibas) (3 min walk), Beadon Street Sarbojanin (5 min walk), Kashi Bose Lane Sarbojanin (7 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi)?
- 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 Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi) 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 Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi) and is entry free?
- Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (Sonagachi) is in Sonagachi, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 8 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.