Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar) Durga Puja 2026
Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar) is a neighbourhood puja in Bowbazar, 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 Ramgopal Saha 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
- Sealdah Metro~12 min walk
- Peak queue
- Usually none
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Bowbazar
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)
Take the metro to Sealdah Metro and walk about 12 minutes (930 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 Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Halder Bari (Ramanath Kabiraj Lane)1 min · 80 m
- Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)5 min · 400 m
- Nilmoni Dutta Thakurbari (Doctor Lane)10 min · 800 m
- Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari11 min · 940 m
- Rani Rashmoni Bari (Janbazar)14 min · 1.1 km
- College Square Sarbojanin17 min · 1.4 km
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet, Santosh Mitra Square park (Hidaram Banerjee Lane corner) · 280 mToilet at the Santosh Mitra Square park, Hidaram Banerjee Lane side, 30 m from the pandal
- Toilet: Public toilet, Amherst Street by Lady Dufferin Hospital · 510 mOn the Amherst Street pavement beside Peshawar Masjid / Lady Dufferin Hospital, near the B.B. Ganguly St crossing
- Drinking water: Drinking water station, Surendranath Banerjee Road (Janbazar) · 510 mKMC drinking-water station on S.N. Banerjee Road, 200 m from Nilmoni Dutta Thakurbari
- Eat: Bhim Chandra Nag (Bowbazar) · 350 mLedikeni and sandesh since 1826; buy a box, no seating
Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)?
- Sealdah Metro is the nearest metro station, about 12 minutes' walk (930 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)?
- Halder Bari (Ramanath Kabiraj Lane) (1 min walk), Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) (5 min walk), Nilmoni Dutta Thakurbari (Doctor Lane) (10 min walk), Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari (11 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)?
- 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 Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar) 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 Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar) and is entry free?
- Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar) is in Bowbazar, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 12 minutes' walk from Sealdah Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.