Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin Durga Puja 2026
Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin is one of the city's headline pujas in Hatibagan, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata (also searched as Nalin Sarkar Street Durga Puja). It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, with heavy crowds on Puja evenings. The committee announces its 2026 theme shortly before Puja; this page does not repeat unconfirmed themes and covers the practical side: the nearest metro station, the queue, and the walk to the next pandal.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin 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~11 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~25 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Hatibagan
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin
Take the metro to Shyambazar Metro and walk about 11 minutes (840 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 25 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 Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin1 min · 90 m
- Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav3 min · 230 m
- Mohanbagan Barwari3 min · 260 m
- Hatibagan Sarbojanin3 min · 270 m
- Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)4 min · 300 m
- North Tridhara Sarbojanin4 min · 340 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Bidhan Sarani at Hemendra Sen Street (Hatibagan) · 390 mPay toilet just south of Hatibagan crossing on Bidhan Sarani; basic, cash only
- Eat: Dilruba (Hatibagan) · 270 mOld cabin-style Mughlai at Hatibagan crossing: mutton kabiraji, chaap, biryani; AC and non-AC rooms
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hatibagan) · 300 mSit-down Bengali meal beside Star Theatre: kosha mangsho, daab chingri, mutton dakbungalow; branch of the Ekdalia original
- Eat: Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons (Netaji's telebhaja shop) · 470 mTelebhaja since 1918: aamer chop in season, beguni, phuluri, aloo chop; Netaji's old haunt, eat standing
- Worth a look: Hatibagan crossing and the Bidhan Sarani shopping-and-chop strip · 270 mPuja-shopping heartland: pavement stalls, saree shops and the telebhaja (aloo chop, beguni, fuluri) counters along Bidhan Sarani between Hatibagan and Shyambazar
- Worth a look: Star Theatre (Hatibagan) · 290 mThe 1883 playhouse of Girish Ghosh and Binodini, where Ramakrishna watched her play Chaitanya; now a cinema, the lit facade is right at Hatibagan crossing
Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin?
- Shyambazar Metro is the nearest metro station, about 11 minutes' walk (840 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin?
- Queues run about 25 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin?
- Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin (1 min walk), Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav (3 min walk), Mohanbagan Barwari (3 min walk), Hatibagan Sarbojanin (3 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Nalin Sarkar Street 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 Nalin Sarkar Street 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.
- What is the Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin Durga Puja 2026 theme?
- The committee announces the theme shortly before Puja, and this page does not repeat unconfirmed reports; check the club's own announcement. What stays true every year is the practical side: Shyambazar Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 25 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin and is entry free?
- Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin is in Hatibagan, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 11 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.