Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) Durga Puja 2026
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Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) is a neighbourhood puja in Colootola, 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 Motilal Seal 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
- Central Metro~6 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Colootola
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)
Take the metro to Central Metro and walk about 6 minutes (470 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 10 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Md. Ali Park (Youth Association)4 min · 300 m
- Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)5 min · 390 m
- College Square Sarbojanin9 min · 770 m
- Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari11 min · 940 m
- Chorbagan Seal Bari12 min · 990 m
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin13 min · 1.1 km
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet on College Street outside Calcutta University (College Square) · 420 mPavement toilet (with shower) on College Street in front of the University centenary building
- Eat: Swadhin Bharat Hindu Hotel (College Square) · 370 m1920s pice hotel on Bhawani Dutta Lane where Netaji ate; rice, dal and fish curry at lunch
- Eat: Royal Indian Hotel (Chitpur) · 410 mMutton chaap and the kofta biryani since 1905, near Nakhoda Masjid; shahi tukda to finish
- Eat: Basanta Cabin (College Street) · 450 mOld College Street cabin for fish kabiraji, thin Mughlai porota and aloo dum; Uttam Kumar ate here
- Eat: Indian Coffee House (College Street) · 480 mThe adda institution since 1942: infusion, mutton cutlet, Kabiraji; first floor of Albert Hall
- Eat: Dilkhusha Cabin (College Street) · 530 mCentury-old cabin at the MG Road-College Street crossing: fish kabiraji, dimer devil, doi chicken; cabins gone since 2011, food the same
- Worth a look: Nakhoda Masjid and Zakaria Street · 370 mKolkata's biggest mosque (1926), red sandstone domes modelled on Akbar's tomb; Zakaria Street below it is the kebab-and-attar lane, best after dark
Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)?
- Central Metro is the nearest metro station, about 6 minutes' walk (470 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)?
- Md. Ali Park (Youth Association) (4 min walk), Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola) (5 min walk), College Square Sarbojanin (9 min walk), Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari (11 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)?
- 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 Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) 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 Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) and is entry free?
- Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) is in Colootola, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 6 minutes' walk from Central Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.