Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin Durga Puja 2026
Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin is a well-known puja in Hatibagan, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata (also searched as Hatibagan Nabin Pally, Nabin Pally Hatibagan). It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, 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 Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Shyambazar Metro~10 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~15 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Hatibagan
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin
Take the metro to Shyambazar Metro and walk about 10 minutes (760 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 Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin1 min · 90 m
- Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav2 min · 160 m
- Mohanbagan Barwari2 min · 200 m
- Hatibagan Sarbojanin4 min · 360 m
- Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)5 min · 390 m
- North Tridhara Sarbojanin5 min · 390 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Bidhan Sarani at Hemendra Sen Street (Hatibagan) · 440 mPay toilet just south of Hatibagan crossing on Bidhan Sarani; basic, cash only
- Eat: Dilruba (Hatibagan) · 310 mOld cabin-style Mughlai at Hatibagan crossing: mutton kabiraji, chaap, biryani; AC and non-AC rooms
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hatibagan) · 350 mSit-down Bengali meal beside Star Theatre: kosha mangsho, daab chingri, mutton dakbungalow; branch of the Ekdalia original
- Eat: Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons (Netaji's telebhaja shop) · 410 mTelebhaja since 1918: aamer chop in season, beguni, phuluri, aloo chop; Netaji's old haunt, eat standing
- Tea and coffee: National Economic Restaurant (Shyambazar) · 640 mTea and half-pound bread with butter toast from 7.30 am, a century-old breakfast room off the five-point; prices start at Rs 10
- Eat: Golbari / New Punjabi Hotel (Shyambazar) · 650 mKosha mangsho with porota, the Shyambazar classic since the 1920s; the curved building at the five-point
- Worth a look: Hatibagan crossing and the Bidhan Sarani shopping-and-chop strip · 310 mPuja-shopping heartland: pavement stalls, saree shops and the telebhaja (aloo chop, beguni, fuluri) counters along Bidhan Sarani between Hatibagan and Shyambazar
- Worth a look: Star Theatre (Hatibagan) · 330 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
Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin?
- Shyambazar Metro is the nearest metro station, about 10 minutes' walk (760 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin?
- Queues run about 15 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin?
- Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin (1 min walk), Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav (2 min walk), Mohanbagan Barwari (2 min walk), Hatibagan Sarbojanin (4 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Hatibagan Nabin Pally 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 Hatibagan Nabin Pally 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 Hatibagan Nabin Pally 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: Shyambazar 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 Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin and is entry free?
- Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin is in Hatibagan, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 10 minutes' walk from Shyambazar Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.