Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata) Durga Puja 2026
Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata) is a well-known puja in Pathuriaghata, 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 Khelat Ghosh 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~12 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~10 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Pathuriaghata
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 12 minutes (880 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 15 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin2 min · 140 m
- Baishnab Das Mullick Bari5 min · 440 m
- Rabindra Kanan Sarbojanin (Beadon Square)7 min · 590 m
- Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street)8 min · 660 m
- Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari8 min · 670 m
- Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)8 min · 690 m
See the whole Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Nalin Chandra Das & Sons (Natun Bazar, Jorasanko) · 320 mSweet shop since 1841 inside Natun Bazar off Rabindra Sarani; the jalbhara sandesh is the thing to buy
- Worth a look: Tagore Castle (Pathuriaghata) · 170 mJatindramohan Tagore's 1896 mock-Gothic castle with a Windsor-style clock tower, now hemmed in by shops; look up from Prasanna Kumar Tagore Street
Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 12 minutes' walk (880 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)?
- Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin (2 min walk), Baishnab Das Mullick Bari (5 min walk), Rabindra Kanan Sarbojanin (Beadon Square) (7 min walk), Hatkhola Dutta Bari (Nimtala Ghat Street) (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)?
- 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 Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata) 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 Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata) and is entry free?
- Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata) is in Pathuriaghata, north Kolkata, on the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola circuit, about 12 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.