Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari Durga Puja 2026
Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari is a neighbourhood puja in Pataldanga, 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 Pataldanga Basu Mallick 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~8 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Pataldanga
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari
Take the metro to Central 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 10 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- College Square Sarbojanin7 min · 550 m
- Halder Bari (Ramanath Kabiraj Lane)11 min · 880 m
- Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)11 min · 930 m
- Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola)11 min · 940 m
- Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)11 min · 940 m
- Badan Chandra Roy Bari (Colootola)11 min · 950 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet, Amherst Street by Lady Dufferin Hospital · 370 mOn the Amherst Street pavement beside Peshawar Masjid / Lady Dufferin Hospital, near the B.B. Ganguly St crossing
- Toilet: Public toilet on College Street outside Calcutta University (College Square) · 390 mPavement toilet (with shower) on College Street in front of the University centenary building
- Eat: Basanta Cabin (College Street) · 220 mOld College Street cabin for fish kabiraji, thin Mughlai porota and aloo dum; Uttam Kumar ate here
- Eat: Putiram (College Street) · 310 mKochuri with cholar dal and phulkopir shingara, sweets after; heritage shop near the College Street end of Surya Sen Street
- Eat: Paramount Sherbet (College Square) · 340 mDaab sherbet since 1918, the College Street cool-down; stand at the counter
- Eat: Kalika (College Street telebhaja) · 410 mChops and telebhaja since 1965: fish chop, mochar chop, beguni; afternoons only, closed Sunday
- Tea and coffee: Favourite Cabin (College Street) · 540 mTea and butter toast since 1918, where the Kallol poets and revolutionaries sat; cash only, tiny
Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari?
- Central Metro is the nearest metro station, about 8 minutes' walk (580 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari?
- College Square Sarbojanin (7 min walk), Halder Bari (Ramanath Kabiraj Lane) (11 min walk), Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) (11 min walk), Motilal Seal Bari (Colootola) (11 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari?
- 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 Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari 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 Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari and is entry free?
- Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari is in Pataldanga, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 8 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.