Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) Durga Puja 2026
Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) is a neighbourhood puja in Jorasanko, 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 Narasingha Chandra Daw 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~5 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Jorasanko
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 5 minutes (340 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 Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)2 min · 180 m
- Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari4 min · 310 m
- Chorbagan Seal Bari5 min · 430 m
- Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin7 min · 620 m
- Simla Byayam Samity8 min · 650 m
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin8 min · 670 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Niranjan Agar (Girish Park) · 250 mFish fry, mutton cutlet and mangsho chop in a 1920s cabin beside Girish Park metro; Uttam Kumar's old haunt
- Eat: Nalin Chandra Das & Sons (Natun Bazar, Jorasanko) · 460 mSweet shop since 1841 inside Natun Bazar off Rabindra Sarani; the jalbhara sandesh is the thing to buy
- Worth a look: Jorasanko Thakurbari (Tagore house, Rabindra Bharati) · 200 mRabindranath's family mansion and museum, two lanes from the Daw houses; the red courtyard is lit at night even when the museum is shut
Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 5 minutes' walk (340 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)?
- Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) (2 min walk), Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari (4 min walk), Chorbagan Seal Bari (5 min walk), Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin (7 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)?
- 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 Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) 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 Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) and is entry free?
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) is in Jorasanko, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 5 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.