64 Pally (Kalighat) Durga Puja 2026
64 Pally (Kalighat) is a neighbourhood puja in Kalighat, part of the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping circuit in south Kolkata. It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, 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 64 Pally 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~7 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~8 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Kalighat
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach 64 Pally (Kalighat)
Take the metro to Jatin Das Park Metro and walk about 7 minutes (510 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 64 Pally (Kalighat)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Monohar Pukur Baisakhi Sangha3 min · 280 m
- Sanghasree (Kalighat)7 min · 570 m
- Juba Maitry (Kalighat)7 min · 580 m
- Badamtala Ashar Sangha8 min · 670 m
- Rashbehari Suhrid Sangha9 min · 760 m
- Sammilani (Bhowanipore)9 min · 790 m
See the whole Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet, Mahim Halder Street (Kalighat) · 390 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) · 520 mDrinking-water tap on the lane between Kalighat temple and the Sanghasree pandal
- Eat: Pithe Bilashi (Kalighat) · 110 mPithe and puli all year, sweet and savoury, a lane from Kalighat metro
- Eat: Apanjan (Kalighat) · 270 mFish fry with chips and salad since 1982; takeaway counter on Sadananda Road
- Eat: Kamdhenu Sweets (Lake Mall) · 470 mBesan laddoo, rasmalai and nolen gur sandesh at the Lake Mall counter by Lake Market
- Eat: The Bhoj Company (Lake Market) · 600 mDhakai Bengali cooking upstairs beside Lake Mall: kacchi biryani, ilish, bhuna
- Eat: Epare Bangla (Lake Terrace) · 690 mThali-led Bengali place that grew out of a cloud kitchen: basanti pulao, mutton kosha; closed 16:00-19:00
- Worth a look: Hazra crossing (Jatin Das Park) · 370 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
64 Pally (Kalighat): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to 64 Pally (Kalighat)?
- Jatin Das Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 7 minutes' walk (510 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at 64 Pally (Kalighat)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near 64 Pally (Kalighat)?
- Monohar Pukur Baisakhi Sangha (3 min walk), Sanghasree (Kalighat) (7 min walk), Juba Maitry (Kalighat) (7 min walk), Badamtala Ashar Sangha (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at 64 Pally (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 64 Pally (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 64 Pally (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 64 Pally (Kalighat) and is entry free?
- 64 Pally (Kalighat) is in Kalighat, south Kolkata, on the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat circuit, about 7 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.