Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street) Durga Puja 2026
Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street) is a neighbourhood puja in Sukea Street, part of the College Street line pandal hopping circuit in central 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 light crowd.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Mahendra Sreemany Bari entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the College Street line pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Girish Park Metro~18 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Sukea Street
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 18 minutes (1.4 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.
There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in. Plan about 10 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin2 min · 140 m
- Brindaban Matri Mandir2 min · 150 m
- 37 Pally3 min · 230 m
- Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja6 min · 480 m
- Haritaki Bagan Sarbojanin7 min · 570 m
- Jhamapukur Chandra Bari7 min · 610 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Ganguram (Maniktala, Vivekananda Road) · 350 mKochuri till 10 am, radhaballabhi after, and the full Ganguram sweet counter at the Amherst Street crossing by Maniktala market
- Eat: Girish Ch. Dey & Nakur Ch. Nandy (Hedua) · 700 mDry sandesh since 1844: jolbhora, monohora, malai roll; no seating, buy a box for the walk
- Worth a look: Vidyasagar's house (Badur Bagan) · 70 mIshwar Chandra Vidyasagar's home at 36 Vidyasagar Street, where he died in 1891; now the Vidyasagar Academy, a plaque-and-facade stop beside the Sreemany house
- Worth a look: Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Museum (Simla House) · 140 mRammohun Roy's own 1814 house, 'Simla House', restored as a museum; the pillared porch on Raja Rammohan Sarani is just north of the Kailash Bose Street pandal
- Worth a look: Kolkata Police Museum (APC Road) · 180 mThe 1880s police building on APC Road with the Alipore bomb-case and revolutionary-era exhibits; closed by evening, but the heritage facade faces the road beside Brindaban Matri Mandir
Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 18 minutes' walk (1.4 km) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)?
- Kailash Bose Street Sarbojanin (2 min walk), Brindaban Matri Mandir (2 min walk), 37 Pally (3 min walk), Maniktala Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja (6 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street)?
- 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 Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street) 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 Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street) and is entry free?
- Mahendra Sreemany Bari (Sukea Street) is in Sukea Street, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 18 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.