Mohanbagan Barwari Durga Puja 2026
Mohanbagan Barwari is a neighbourhood puja in Shyambazar, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata. It is a traditional puja: the idol and the rituals are the point, in the classic ekchala or daker saaj style, with a light crowd.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Mohanbagan Barwari entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Shyambazar Metro~8 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~8 min
- Style
- traditional puja
- Area
- Shyambazar
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Mohanbagan Barwari
Take the metro to Shyambazar Metro and walk about 8 minutes (580 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 Mohanbagan Barwari
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav1 min · 120 m
- Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin2 min · 200 m
- Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin3 min · 260 m
- Shyambazar Nabin Sangha5 min · 410 m
- Hatibagan Sarbojanin6 min · 530 m
- Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)7 min · 560 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Bidhan Sarani at Hemendra Sen Street (Hatibagan) · 530 mPay toilet just south of Hatibagan crossing on Bidhan Sarani; basic, cash only
- Eat: Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons (Netaji's telebhaja shop) · 260 mTelebhaja since 1918: aamer chop in season, beguni, phuluri, aloo chop; Netaji's old haunt, eat standing
- Eat: Dilruba (Hatibagan) · 370 mOld cabin-style Mughlai at Hatibagan crossing: mutton kabiraji, chaap, biryani; AC and non-AC rooms
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hatibagan) · 430 mSit-down Bengali meal beside Star Theatre: kosha mangsho, daab chingri, mutton dakbungalow; branch of the Ekdalia original
- Tea and coffee: National Economic Restaurant (Shyambazar) · 500 mTea and half-pound bread with butter toast from 7.30 am, a century-old breakfast room off the five-point; prices start at Rs 10
- Eat: Golbari / New Punjabi Hotel (Shyambazar) · 510 mKosha mangsho with porota, the Shyambazar classic since the 1920s; the curved building at the five-point
- Worth a look: Hatibagan crossing and the Bidhan Sarani shopping-and-chop strip · 370 mPuja-shopping heartland: pavement stalls, saree shops and the telebhaja (aloo chop, beguni, fuluri) counters along Bidhan Sarani between Hatibagan and Shyambazar
Mohanbagan Barwari: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Mohanbagan Barwari?
- Shyambazar Metro is the nearest metro station, about 8 minutes' walk (580 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Mohanbagan Barwari?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Mohanbagan Barwari?
- Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav (1 min walk), Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin (2 min walk), Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin (3 min walk), Shyambazar Nabin Sangha (5 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Mohanbagan Barwari?
- 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 Mohanbagan Barwari 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 Mohanbagan Barwari and is entry free?
- Mohanbagan Barwari is in Shyambazar, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 8 minutes' walk from Shyambazar Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.