Jhamapukur Chandra Bari Durga Puja 2026
Jhamapukur Chandra Bari is a neighbourhood puja in Jhamapukur, part of the College Street line pandal hopping circuit in central 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 Jhamapukur Chandra Bari entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the College Street line pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro~12 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Jhamapukur
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Jhamapukur Chandra Bari
Take the metro to Mahatma Gandhi Road 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.
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 Jhamapukur Chandra Bari
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Thanthania Dutta Bari3 min · 290 m
- Thanthania Laha Bari4 min · 340 m
- 37 Pally6 min · 460 m
- Rammohan Sammilani6 min · 480 m
- Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin6 min · 500 m
- Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)7 min · 610 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Dilkhusha Cabin (College Street) · 540 mCentury-old cabin at the MG Road-College Street crossing: fish kabiraji, dimer devil, doi chicken; cabins gone since 2011, food the same
- Eat: Indian Coffee House (College Street) · 650 mThe adda institution since 1942: infusion, mutton cutlet, Kabiraji; first floor of Albert Hall
- Eat: Swadhin Bharat Hindu Hotel (College Square) · 690 m1920s pice hotel on Bhawani Dutta Lane where Netaji ate; rice, dal and fish curry at lunch
- Worth a look: Thanthania Kalibari (Siddheshwari Kali, 1803) · 290 mThe small 1803 Siddheshwari Kali temple of Shankar Ghosh on Bidhan Sarani, between the Laha and Dutta houses; a clay Kali that is remade every year
- Worth a look: Vidyasagar's house (Badur Bagan) · 400 mIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar's home at 36 Vidyasagar Street, where he died in 1891; now the Vidyasagar Academy, a plaque-and-facade stop beside the Sreemany house
Jhamapukur Chandra Bari: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Jhamapukur Chandra Bari?
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro is the nearest metro station, about 12 minutes' walk (900 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Jhamapukur Chandra Bari?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Jhamapukur Chandra Bari?
- Thanthania Dutta Bari (3 min walk), Thanthania Laha Bari (4 min walk), 37 Pally (6 min walk), Rammohan Sammilani (6 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Jhamapukur Chandra Bari?
- 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 Jhamapukur Chandra Bari 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 Jhamapukur Chandra Bari and is entry free?
- Jhamapukur Chandra Bari is in Jhamapukur, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 12 minutes' walk from Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.