Tridhara Sammilani Durga Puja 2026
Tridhara Sammilani is a well-known puja in Manoharpukur, part of the Gariahat – Ballygunge pandal hopping circuit in south Kolkata (also searched as Tridhara, Tridhara Akalbodhan, Tridhara Sammilani Durga Puja). It is a theme puja: expect an art installation or themed pandal, lighting and a crowd that comes for the spectacle, with 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 Tridhara Sammilani entry in the Kolkata pandal list 2026; the Gariahat – Ballygunge pandal hopping route puts it in walking order with its neighbours.
- Nearest metro
- Kalighat Metro~17 min walk
- Peak queue
- ~25 min
- Time inside
- ~12 min
- Style
- theme puja
- Area
- Manoharpukur
- Puja days 2026
- 17 to 21 Oct
Nearest metro station and how to reach Tridhara Sammilani
Take the metro to Kalighat Metro and walk about 17 minutes (1.3 km). 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.
Queues run about 25 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon. Plan about 12 minutes inside once you are through the gate.
Pandals near Tridhara Sammilani
Walking times measured on OpenStreetMap streets, without queues.
- Deshapriya Park Sarbojanin5 min · 440 m
- Ballygunge Cultural Association5 min · 450 m
- Monohar Pukur Baisakhi Sangha9 min · 750 m
- Hindusthan Club9 min · 760 m
- Hindusthan Park Sarbojanin11 min · 910 m
- Singhi Park Sarbojanin12 min · 980 m
See the whole Gariahat – Ballygunge walking route.
Eat, drink, toilets and sights nearby
- Eat: Bhojohori Manna (Hindusthan Road) · 570 mBengali comfort food beside Ekdalia and Hindusthan Club: kosha mangsho, chingri malaikari, daab chingri
- Eat: Oudh 1590 (Deshapriya Park) · 570 mThe original Awadhi dining room (2013): handi biryani, galouti kebab, raan; expect a wait on Puja nights
- Eat: Makhan Lal Das & Sons (Lake View Road) · 600 mSouth branch of one of the city's oldest sandesh houses (Natun Bazar, 1824): plain sandesh, kanchagolla, nolen gur in season
- Eat: The Bhoj Company (Lake Market) · 660 mDhakai Bengali cooking upstairs beside Lake Mall: kacchi biryani, ilish, bhuna
- Eat: Azad Hind Dhaba (Hindusthan Park) · 680 mLate-night Punjabi dhaba: dal tadka, butter chicken, roti; this is the Hindusthan Park branch
- Worth a look: Triangular Park, Rashbehari Avenue · 300 mThe small wedge of green on Rashbehari Avenue you pass between Hindusthan Club and Tridhara; a place to stand still for a minute
Tridhara Sammilani: questions people ask
- Which metro station is nearest to Tridhara Sammilani?
- Kalighat Metro is the nearest metro station, about 17 minutes' walk (1.3 km) from the pandal.
- How long is the queue at Tridhara Sammilani?
- Queues run about 25 minutes at peak hours (6 pm to 10 pm) and are short in the afternoon.
- Which pandals are near Tridhara Sammilani?
- Deshapriya Park Sarbojanin (5 min walk), Ballygunge Cultural Association (5 min walk), Monohar Pukur Baisakhi Sangha (9 min walk), Hindusthan Club (9 min walk). The planner can string them into one route.
- When is Durga Puja 2026 at Tridhara Sammilani?
- 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 Tridhara Sammilani 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 Tridhara Sammilani 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: Kalighat Metro is the nearest metro station, the queue runs about 25 minutes at peak, and the pandals within a short walk are listed above.
- Where is Tridhara Sammilani and is entry free?
- Tridhara Sammilani is in Manoharpukur, south Kolkata, on the Gariahat – Ballygunge circuit, about 17 minutes' walk from Kalighat Metro. Entry is free, as at every Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata; the "VIP passes" sold online are private queue-skipping products, not tickets.