Sanghasree (Kalighat) Durga Puja 2026
Sanghasree (Kalighat) is a well-known puja in Kalighat, part of the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping circuit in south Kolkata. It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, with a steady crowd 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 Sanghasree entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Jatin Das Park Metro~7 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~20 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Kalighat
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Sanghasree (Kalighat)
Take the metro to Jatin Das Park Metro and walk about 7 minutes (510 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 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon. Plan about 12 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Sanghasree (Kalighat)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Juba Maitry (Kalighat)2 min · 140 m
- Badamtala Ashar Sangha6 min · 530 m
- 66 Pally7 min · 550 m
- 64 Pally (Kalighat)7 min · 570 m
- Monohar Pukur Baisakhi Sangha8 min · 640 m
- Bhowanipore Muktadal8 min · 670 m
See the whole Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Public toilet, Mahim Halder Street (Kalighat) · 120 mToilet on Mahim Halder Street behind the Jubamaitry pandal, 150 m from Kalighat temple lanes
- Drinking water: Drinking water, Kali Temple Road / Gurupada Halder Road (Kalighat) · 170 mDrinking-water tap on the lane between Kalighat temple and the Sanghasree pandal
- Eat: Apanjan (Kalighat) · 270 mFish fry with chips and salad since 1982; takeaway counter on Sadananda Road
- Eat: Pithe Bilashi (Kalighat) · 420 mPithe and puli all year, sweet and savoury, a lane from Kalighat metro
- Eat: Sree Hari Mistanna Bhandar (Bhowanipore) · 640 mMorning kochuri with cholar dal, halua and the jumbo langcha, since 1913; go before noon
- Worth a look: Kalighat Kali Temple · 230 mOne of the 51 Shakti Peethas; the 1809 temple is 250-350 m west of the Sanghasree and Badamtala lanes. Darshan queues are long on Puja days, the lane of shrine-shops is the quick look
- Worth a look: Hazra crossing (Jatin Das Park) · 380 mHazra Road meets S.P. Mukherjee Road at Jatin Das Park and its metro gates: the handover point between the Bhowanipore pujas and the Kalighat lanes
- Worth a look: Adi Ganga bank behind Kalighat temple · 400 mThe old Ganga channel the temple is named for runs behind it; the ghat steps are worth a two-minute look from the bank, nothing more
Sanghasree (Kalighat): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Sanghasree (Kalighat)?
- Jatin Das Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 7 minutes' walk (510 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Sanghasree (Kalighat)?
- Queues run about 20 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Sanghasree (Kalighat)?
- Juba Maitry (Kalighat) (2 min walk), Badamtala Ashar Sangha (6 min walk), 66 Pally (7 min walk), 64 Pally (Kalighat) (7 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Sanghasree (Kalighat)?
- 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 Sanghasree (Kalighat) 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.
- What is the Sanghasree (Kalighat) 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: Jatin Das Park Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 20 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Sanghasree (Kalighat) and is entry free?
- Sanghasree (Kalighat) is in Kalighat, south Kolkata, on the Lake Road – Rashbehari – Kalighat circuit, about 7 minutes' walk from Jatin Das 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.