Simla Byayam Samity Durga Puja 2026
Simla Byayam Samity is a well-known puja in Simla, part of the College Street line pandal hopping circuit in central Kolkata (also searched as Simla Byayam Samiti). It is a traditional puja: the idol and the rituals are the point, in the classic ekchala or daker saaj style, with a steady crowd on Puja evenings.
Durga Puja 2026 runs Saturday 17 to Wednesday 21 October. This page is the Simla Byayam Samity 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~5 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~10 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- traditional puja
- Area
- Simla
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Simla Byayam Samity
Take the metro to Girish Park Metro and walk about 5 minutes (370 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 12 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Simla Byayam Samity
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin5 min · 430 m
- Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road)8 min · 650 m
- Beadon Street Sarbojanin8 min · 670 m
- Thanthania Dutta Bari8 min · 670 m
- Balaram Dey Street Dutta Bari8 min · 690 m
- Thanthania Laha Bari9 min · 720 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Niranjan Agar (Girish Park) · 280 mFish fry, mutton cutlet and mangsho chop in a 1920s cabin beside Girish Park metro; Uttam Kumar's old haunt
- Eat: Girish Ch. Dey & Nakur Ch. Nandy (Hedua) · 380 mDry sandesh since 1844: jolbhora, monohora, malai roll; no seating, buy a box for the walk
- Worth a look: Swami Vivekananda's ancestral house (Simla) · 250 mVivekananda's birthplace at 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street, restored as a museum; closed by evening, but the lit house and lane are worth the 100 m detour off Bidhan Sarani
Simla Byayam Samity: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Simla Byayam Samity?
- Girish Park Metro is the nearest metro station, about 5 minutes' walk (370 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Simla Byayam Samity?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Simla Byayam Samity?
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin (5 min walk), Narasingha Chandra Daw Bari (Vivekananda Road) (8 min walk), Beadon Street Sarbojanin (8 min walk), Thanthania Dutta Bari (8 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Simla Byayam Samity?
- 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 Simla Byayam Samity 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 Simla Byayam Samity and is entry free?
- Simla Byayam Samity is in Simla, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 5 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.