Thanthania Laha Bari Durga Puja 2026
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Thanthania Laha Bari is a well-known puja in Thanthania, 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 Thanthania Laha 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
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro~8 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~10 min
- Time inside
- ~15 min
- Style
- bonedi bari
- Area
- Thanthania
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Thanthania Laha Bari
Take the metro to Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro and walk about 8 minutes (580 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 Thanthania Laha Bari
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Thanthania Dutta Bari1 min · 50 m
- Jhamapukur Chandra Bari4 min · 340 m
- Chorbagan Sarbojanin7 min · 580 m
- Simla Byayam Samity9 min · 720 m
- Chorbagan Seal Bari9 min · 730 m
- Rammohan Sammilani9 min · 740 m
See the whole College Street line walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Dilkhusha Cabin (College Street) · 410 mCentury-old cabin at the MG Road-College Street crossing: fish kabiraji, dimer devil, doi chicken; cabins gone since 2011, food the same
- Eat: Swadhin Bharat Hindu Hotel (College Square) · 500 m1920s pice hotel on Bhawani Dutta Lane where Netaji ate; rice, dal and fish curry at lunch
- Eat: Indian Coffee House (College Street) · 540 mThe adda institution since 1942: infusion, mutton cutlet, Kabiraji; first floor of Albert Hall
- Worth a look: Thanthania Kalibari (Siddheshwari Kali, 1803) · 40 mThe small 1803 Siddheshwari Kali temple of Shankar Ghosh on Bidhan Sarani, between the Laha and Dutta houses; a clay Kali that is remade every year
Thanthania Laha Bari: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Thanthania Laha Bari?
- Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro is the nearest metro station, about 8 minutes' walk (580 m) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Thanthania Laha Bari?
- There is rarely a long queue; you can usually walk straight in.
- Which pandals are near Thanthania Laha Bari?
- Thanthania Dutta Bari (1 min walk), Jhamapukur Chandra Bari (4 min walk), Chorbagan Sarbojanin (7 min walk), Simla Byayam Samity (9 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Thanthania Laha Bari?
- 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 Thanthania Laha Bari 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 Thanthania Laha Bari and is entry free?
- Thanthania Laha Bari is in Thanthania, central Kolkata, on the College Street line circuit, about 8 minutes' walk from Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.