Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) Durga Puja 2026
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Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) is one of the city's headline pujas in Bowbazar, part of the College Street line pandal hopping circuit in central Kolkata (also searched as Lebutala Park, Santosh Mitra Square Sarbojanin, Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja). It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, with very 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 Santosh Mitra Square 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~8 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~60 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Bowbazar
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)
Take the metro to Sealdah Metro and walk about 8 minutes (570 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.
Expect to queue about 60 minutes at peak hours (roughly 6 pm to 10 pm); go before 5 pm or after 11 pm to walk straight in. Plan about 15 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Halder Bari (Ramanath Kabiraj Lane)4 min · 330 m
- Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar)5 min · 400 m
- Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari11 min · 930 m
- Nilmoni Dutta Thakurbari (Doctor Lane)13 min · 1.1 km
- College Square Sarbojanin16 min · 1.3 km
- Rani Rashmoni Bari (Janbazar)18 min · 1.5 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) · 30 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 · 310 mOn the Amherst Street pavement beside Peshawar Masjid / Lady Dufferin Hospital, near the B.B. Ganguly St crossing
- Toilet: KMC pay-and-use toilet, 92 Baithakkhana Road · 480 mKMC pay-and-use toilet on Baithakkhana Road between Sealdah and Rajabazar; exact house no. 92 not pinned
- Eat: Bhim Chandra Nag (Bowbazar) · 570 mLedikeni and sandesh since 1826; buy a box, no seating
Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)?
- Sealdah Metro is the nearest metro station, about 8 minutes' walk (570 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)?
- Expect to queue about 60 minutes at peak hours (roughly 6 pm to 10 pm); go before 5 pm or after 11 pm to walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)?
- Halder Bari (Ramanath Kabiraj Lane) (4 min walk), Ramgopal Saha Bari (Bowbazar) (5 min walk), Pataldanga Basu Mallick Bari (11 min walk), Nilmoni Dutta Thakurbari (Doctor Lane) (13 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park)?
- 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 Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) 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 Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) 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: Sealdah Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 60 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) and is entry free?
- Santosh Mitra Square (Lebutala Park) is in Bowbazar, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 8 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.