Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity) Durga Puja 2026
Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity) is one of the city's headline pujas in Ballygunge, part of the Gariahat – Ballygunge pandal hopping circuit in south Kolkata (also searched as Maddox Square Durga Puja, Maddox Square Park Puja). It is a traditional puja: the idol and the rituals are the point, in the classic ekchala or daker saaj style, with very heavy crowds on Puja evenings.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Maddox Square entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Gariahat – Ballygunge pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Jatin Das Park Metro~15 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~15 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- traditional puja
- Area
- Ballygunge
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity)
Take the metro to Jatin Das Park Metro and walk about 15 minutes (1.1 km). 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 15 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 Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Bhowanipur Udayan Club5 min · 410 m
- Ballygunge Pally Sarbojanin (Dover Road)6 min · 500 m
- Peyarabagan Sarbojanin (Batam Club)6 min · 510 m
- Paddapukur Barwari Samity9 min · 740 m
- Abasar Sarbojanin (Bhowanipore)10 min · 820 m
- Paddapukur Youth Association11 min · 880 m
See the whole Gariahat – Ballygunge walking route.
Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity)?
- Jatin Das Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 15 minutes' walk (1.1 km) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity)?
- Queues run about 15 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity)?
- Bhowanipur Udayan Club (5 min walk), Ballygunge Pally Sarbojanin (Dover Road) (6 min walk), Peyarabagan Sarbojanin (Batam Club) (6 min walk), Paddapukur Barwari Samity (9 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity)?
- 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 Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity) 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 Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity) and is entry free?
- Maddox Square (Ballygunge Durga Puja Samity) is in Ballygunge, south Kolkata, on the Gariahat – Ballygunge circuit, about 15 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.