Kundu Bari (Hatibagan) Durga Puja 2026
Kundu Bari (Hatibagan) is a neighbourhood puja in Hatibagan, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north 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 Kundu Bari entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro~13 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Hatibagan
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)
Take the metro to Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro and walk about 13 minutes (970 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 Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Hatibagan Sarbojanin2 min · 200 m
- Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin4 min · 300 m
- Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin5 min · 390 m
- North Tridhara Sarbojanin5 min · 410 m
- Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav6 min · 520 m
- Mohanbagan Barwari7 min · 560 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Bidhan Sarani at Hemendra Sen Street (Hatibagan) · 220 mPay toilet just south of Hatibagan crossing on Bidhan Sarani; basic, cash only
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hatibagan) · 160 mSit-down Bengali meal beside Star Theatre: kosha mangsho, daab chingri, mutton dakbungalow; branch of the Ekdalia original
- Eat: Dilruba (Hatibagan) · 190 mOld cabin-style Mughlai at Hatibagan crossing: mutton kabiraji, chaap, biryani; AC and non-AC rooms
- Eat: Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons (Netaji's telebhaja shop) · 660 mTelebhaja since 1918: aamer chop in season, beguni, phuluri, aloo chop; Netaji's old haunt, eat standing
- Worth a look: Star Theatre (Hatibagan) · 150 mThe 1883 playhouse of Girish Ghosh and Binodini, where Ramakrishna watched her play Chaitanya; now a cinema, the lit facade is right at Hatibagan crossing
- Worth a look: Hatibagan crossing and the Bidhan Sarani shopping-and-chop strip · 190 mPuja-shopping heartland: pavement stalls, saree shops and the telebhaja (aloo chop, beguni, fuluri) counters along Bidhan Sarani between Hatibagan and Shyambazar
Kundu Bari (Hatibagan): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)?
- Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro is the nearest metro station, about 13 minutes' walk (970 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)?
- Hatibagan Sarbojanin (2 min walk), Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin (4 min walk), Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin (5 min walk), North Tridhara Sarbojanin (5 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)?
- 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 Kundu Bari (Hatibagan) 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 Kundu Bari (Hatibagan) and is entry free?
- Kundu Bari (Hatibagan) is in Hatibagan, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 13 minutes' walk from Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.