Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street) Durga Puja 2026
Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street) is a well-known puja in Hatkhola, part of the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola 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 steady crowd on Puja evenings.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Hatkhola Dutta Bari entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Girish Park Metro~18 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~10 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Hatkhola
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street)
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 18 minutes (1.3 km). 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 15 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Madan Mohan Dutta Bari (Hatkhola)2 min · 200 m
- Ahiritola Sarbojanin6 min · 500 m
- Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)8 min · 660 m
- Rabindra Kanan Sarbojanin (Beadon Square)8 min · 690 m
- Ahiritola Jubak Brinda9 min · 730 m
- Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin10 min · 790 m
See the whole Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Nalin Chandra Das & Sons (Natun Bazar, Jorasanko) · 540 mSweet shop since 1841 inside Natun Bazar off Rabindra Sarani; the jalbhara sandesh is the thing to buy
- Worth a look: Nimtala Ghat and Rabindranath Tagore memorial · 330 mKolkata's oldest burning ghat (1827), where Tagore was cremated in 1941; the memorial garden is at the gate on Nimtala Ghat Street, with Howrah Bridge views
Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street)?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 18 minutes' walk (1.3 km) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street)?
- Madan Mohan Dutta Bari (Hatkhola) (2 min walk), Ahiritola Sarbojanin (6 min walk), Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata) (8 min walk), Rabindra Kanan Sarbojanin (Beadon Square) (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street)?
- 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 Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street) 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 Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street) and is entry free?
- Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street) is in Hatkhola, north Kolkata, on the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola circuit, about 18 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.