Hatibagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja 2026
Hatibagan Sarbojanin is a well-known puja in Hatibagan, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata (also searched as Hatibagan, Hatibagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja). It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, with heavy crowds 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 Sarbojanin 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~12 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~20 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 Sarbojanin
Take the metro to Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro and walk about 12 minutes (900 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 Hatibagan Sarbojanin
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)2 min · 200 m
- Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin3 min · 270 m
- Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin4 min · 360 m
- North Tridhara Sarbojanin5 min · 380 m
- Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav6 min · 460 m
- Mohanbagan Barwari6 min · 530 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Bidhan Sarani at Hemendra Sen Street (Hatibagan) · 210 mPay toilet just south of Hatibagan crossing on Bidhan Sarani; basic, cash only
- Eat: Dilruba (Hatibagan) · 120 mOld cabin-style Mughlai at Hatibagan crossing: mutton kabiraji, chaap, biryani; AC and non-AC rooms
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hatibagan) · 130 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) · 580 mTelebhaja since 1918: aamer chop in season, beguni, phuluri, aloo chop; Netaji's old haunt, eat standing
- Worth a look: Star Theatre (Hatibagan) · 110 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 · 120 mPuja-shopping heartland: pavement stalls, saree shops and the telebhaja (aloo chop, beguni, fuluri) counters along Bidhan Sarani between Hatibagan and Shyambazar
Hatibagan Sarbojanin: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Hatibagan Sarbojanin?
- Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro is the nearest metro station, about 12 minutes' walk (900 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Hatibagan Sarbojanin?
- Queues run about 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Hatibagan Sarbojanin?
- Kundu Bari (Hatibagan) (2 min walk), Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin (3 min walk), Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin (4 min walk), North Tridhara Sarbojanin (5 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Hatibagan 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 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 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: Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 20 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Hatibagan Sarbojanin and is entry free?
- Hatibagan Sarbojanin is in Hatibagan, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 12 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.