Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav Durga Puja 2026
Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav is a neighbourhood puja in Shyambazar, part of the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping circuit in north Kolkata (also searched as Sikdar Bagan Durga Puja). It is a puja that pairs a themed pandal with a traditional idol, 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 Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Shyambazar Metro~9 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~10 min
- Time inside
- ~10 min
- Style
- theme puja with a traditional idol
- Area
- Shyambazar
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav
Take the metro to Shyambazar Metro and walk about 9 minutes (660 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 Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Mohanbagan Barwari1 min · 120 m
- Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin2 min · 160 m
- Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin3 min · 230 m
- Hatibagan Sarbojanin6 min · 460 m
- Shyambazar Nabin Sangha6 min · 520 m
- Kundu Bari (Hatibagan)6 min · 520 m
See the whole Shobhabazar – Hatibagan walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Toilet: Pay toilet, Bidhan Sarani at Hemendra Sen Street (Hatibagan) · 430 mPay toilet just south of Hatibagan crossing on Bidhan Sarani; basic, cash only
- Eat: Dilruba (Hatibagan) · 280 mOld cabin-style Mughlai at Hatibagan crossing: mutton kabiraji, chaap, biryani; AC and non-AC rooms
- Eat: Lakshmi Narayan Shaw & Sons (Netaji's telebhaja shop) · 330 mTelebhaja since 1918: aamer chop in season, beguni, phuluri, aloo chop; Netaji's old haunt, eat standing
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hatibagan) · 330 mSit-down Bengali meal beside Star Theatre: kosha mangsho, daab chingri, mutton dakbungalow; branch of the Ekdalia original
- Tea and coffee: National Economic Restaurant (Shyambazar) · 580 mTea and half-pound bread with butter toast from 7.30 am, a century-old breakfast room off the five-point; prices start at Rs 10
- Eat: Golbari / New Punjabi Hotel (Shyambazar) · 590 mKosha mangsho with porota, the Shyambazar classic since the 1920s; the curved building at the five-point
- Worth a look: Hatibagan crossing and the Bidhan Sarani shopping-and-chop strip · 280 mPuja-shopping heartland: pavement stalls, saree shops and the telebhaja (aloo chop, beguni, fuluri) counters along Bidhan Sarani between Hatibagan and Shyambazar
- Worth a look: Star Theatre (Hatibagan) · 330 mThe 1883 playhouse of Girish Ghosh and Binodini, where Ramakrishna watched her play Chaitanya; now a cinema, the lit facade is right at Hatibagan crossing
Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav?
- Shyambazar Metro is the nearest metro station, about 9 minutes' walk (660 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav?
- Mohanbagan Barwari (1 min walk), Hatibagan Nabin Pally Sarbojanin (2 min walk), Nalin Sarkar Street Sarbojanin (3 min walk), Hatibagan Sarbojanin (6 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav?
- 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 Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav 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 Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav 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: Shyambazar Metro is the nearest metro station, there is rarely a long queue, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav and is entry free?
- Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsav is in Shyambazar, north Kolkata, on the Shobhabazar – Hatibagan circuit, about 9 minutes' walk from Shyambazar Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.