Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) Durga Puja 2026
Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) is a well-known 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 steady crowd on Puja evenings.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Shibkrishna 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~7 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~10 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Jorasanko
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 7 minutes (500 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 15 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)2 min · 180 m
- Chorbagan Seal Bari5 min · 420 m
- Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari6 min · 460 m
- Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin7 min · 610 m
- Khelat Ghosh Bari (Pathuriaghata)8 min · 690 m
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin9 min · 720 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Niranjan Agar (Girish Park) · 380 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) · 510 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) · 80 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
- Worth a look: Marble Palace (Chorbagan) · 390 mRaja Rajendra Mullick's 1835 mansion with its marble halls, statuary and aviary, next door to the Seal house; peek at the gates and garden if you pass by day
Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko): questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 7 minutes' walk (500 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)?
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) (2 min walk), Chorbagan Seal Bari (5 min walk), Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari (6 min walk), Pathuriaghata Pancher Pally Sarbojanin (7 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko)?
- 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 Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) 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 Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) and is entry free?
- Shibkrishna Daw Bari (Jorasanko) is in Jorasanko, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 7 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.