Kumartuli Sarbojanin Durga Puja 2026
Kumartuli Sarbojanin is one of the city's headline pujas in Kumartuli, part of the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata (also searched as Kumortuli Sarbojanin). It is a traditional puja: the idol and the rituals are the point, in the classic ekchala or daker saaj style, with heavy crowds on Puja evenings.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Kumartuli Sarbojanin entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro~11 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~20 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- traditional puja
- Area
- Kumartuli
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Kumartuli Sarbojanin
Take the metro to Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro and walk about 11 minutes (800 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.
Queues run about 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon. Plan about 15 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Kumartuli Sarbojanin
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Kumartuli Park Sarbojanin5 min · 390 m
- Jagat Mukherjee Park Sadharan Durgotsab6 min · 510 m
- Baghbazar Pally Puja O Pradarshani9 min · 730 m
- Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav9 min · 760 m
- Adharlal Sen Bari (Beniatola)9 min · 760 m
- Amrita Lal Daw Bari (Daw Lane)10 min · 850 m
See the whole Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Chittaranjan Mistanna Bhandar (Shyambazar Street) · 470 mThe rosogolla specialist since 1907, one of the GI-certified shops; also kalakand and sandesh, no seating
- Eat: Allen Kitchen (Shobhabazar) · 540 mPrawn cutlet fried in ghee is the one thing to order; tiny counter, mostly takeaway
- Eat: Bholanath Cabin (Bagbazar) · 610 mOld Bagbazar cabin on Girish Avenue for kochuri with aloo dum in the morning and chops later
- Eat: Mitra Cafe (Shobhabazar) · 640 mFish kabiraji and brain chop since 1920; right at Shobhabazar metro, opposite gate 5
- Worth a look: Madan Mohan Tala temple (Gokul Mitra, 1761) · 120 mGokul Mitra's 18th-century Madan Mohan temple-palace: look up at the Doric pillars and the Jhulan dalan on the lane east of Rabindra Sarani
- Worth a look: Girish Mancha (theatre) · 380 mThe state theatre named after Girish Ghosh, father of the Bengali stage; often has Puja-week shows, worth a glance at the building
- Worth a look: Bagbazar Ghat (launch ghat) · 390 mThe riverside end of Bagbazar Street: ferry jetty, evening breeze and the Howrah-side lights; crowded with immersions on Dashami
Kumartuli Sarbojanin: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Kumartuli Sarbojanin?
- Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro is the nearest metro station, about 11 minutes' walk (800 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Kumartuli Sarbojanin?
- Queues run about 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Kumartuli Sarbojanin?
- Kumartuli Park Sarbojanin (5 min walk), Jagat Mukherjee Park Sadharan Durgotsab (6 min walk), Baghbazar Pally Puja O Pradarshani (9 min walk), Bagbazar Sarbojanin Durgotsav (9 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Kumartuli Sarbojanin?
- 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 Kumartuli Sarbojanin open to visitors in 2026?
- The headline pujas usually open to the public from Tritiya or Chaturthi (14 or 15 October 2026), sometimes earlier for a preview; the exact day is announced by the committee a few days before. Chaturthi and Panchami evenings are the best time to see it without the queue.
- Where is Kumartuli Sarbojanin and is entry free?
- Kumartuli Sarbojanin is in Kumartuli, north Kolkata, on the Bagbazar – Kumartuli – Ahiritola circuit, about 11 minutes' walk from Shobhabazar Sutanuti Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.