Juba Maitry (Kalighat) Durga Puja 2026
Juba Maitry (Kalighat) is a neighbourhood puja in Kalighat, part of the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping circuit in south Kolkata. It is a puja that pairs a themed pandal with a traditional idol, with a light crowd. 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 Juba Maitry entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Jatin Das Park Metro~6 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~8 min
- Style
- theme puja with a traditional idol
- Area
- Kalighat
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Juba Maitry (Kalighat)
Take the metro to Jatin Das Park Metro and walk about 6 minutes (430 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 8 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Juba Maitry (Kalighat)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Sanghasree (Kalighat)2 min · 140 m
- Monohar Pukur Baisakhi Sangha7 min · 550 m
- Bhowanipore Muktadal7 min · 570 m
- 64 Pally (Kalighat)7 min · 580 m
- Badamtala Ashar Sangha8 min · 670 m
- 66 Pally8 min · 700 m
See the whole Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet, Mahim Halder Street (Kalighat) · 50 mToilet on Mahim Halder Street behind the Jubamaitry pandal, 150 m from Kalighat temple lanes
- Drinking water: Drinking water, Kali Temple Road / Gurupada Halder Road (Kalighat) · 230 mDrinking-water tap on the lane between Kalighat temple and the Sanghasree pandal
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Naresh Mitra Sarani by Chittaranjan Seva Sadan (Bhowanipore) · 530 mPay toilet on Naresh Mitra Sarani outside Chittaranjan Seva Sadan hospital, off S.P. Mukherjee Road
- Eat: Apanjan (Kalighat) · 380 mFish fry with chips and salad since 1982; takeaway counter on Sadananda Road
- Eat: Pithe Bilashi (Kalighat) · 500 mPithe and puli all year, sweet and savoury, a lane from Kalighat metro
- Eat: Sree Hari Mistanna Bhandar (Bhowanipore) · 540 mMorning kochuri with cholar dal, halua and the jumbo langcha, since 1913; go before noon
- Worth a look: Kalighat Kali Temple · 300 mOne of the 51 Shakti Peethas; the 1809 temple is 250-350 m west of the Sanghasree and Badamtala lanes. Darshan queues are long on Puja days, the lane of shrine-shops is the quick look
- Worth a look: Hazra crossing (Jatin Das Park) · 320 mHazra Road meets S.P. Mukherjee Road at Jatin Das Park and its metro gates: the handover point between the Bhowanipore pujas and the Kalighat lanes
Juba Maitry (Kalighat): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Juba Maitry (Kalighat)?
- Jatin Das Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 6 minutes' walk (430 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Juba Maitry (Kalighat)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Juba Maitry (Kalighat)?
- Sanghasree (Kalighat) (2 min walk), Monohar Pukur Baisakhi Sangha (7 min walk), Bhowanipore Muktadal (7 min walk), 64 Pally (Kalighat) (7 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Juba Maitry (Kalighat)?
- 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 Juba Maitry (Kalighat) 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 Juba Maitry (Kalighat) 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: Jatin Das Park Metro is the nearest metro station, there is rarely a long queue, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Juba Maitry (Kalighat) and is entry free?
- Juba Maitry (Kalighat) is in Kalighat, south Kolkata, on the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat circuit, about 6 minutes' walk from Jatin Das 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.