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In our previous blog, we discussed and gave you a complete itinerary of south Kolkata durga puja pandal hopping itinerary. If you have not read that yet, then please click on the link to read more. In this blog we will give you a complete itinerary of North & Central Kolkata Durga Puja 2022 Pandal hopping itinerary.

This year, Durga Puja will be celebrated from 1st of October till October 5th 2022. While Durga Puja is celebrated all around the world, no one does it better and with the same energy and enthusiasm as it is been done in the city of Kolkata in India. This is that time of the year again, when Kolkata comes to a standstill and welcomes their daughter, Maa Durga into their homes and lives.

This blog will be about North & Central Kolkata Durga Puja, we will focus more on Barowari puja or Puja common and open for all.

Pandals

Kolkata has made its name for organising grand puja pandals used for housing idols of Maa Durga. This time the grand festival will reach its new heights because they have been inscribed in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity for UNESCO.

We have listed down 15 top Durga puja pandals for you to visit in a day or can break into two days. This itinerary can also be followed in years to come as well as we have considered the quickest communication route to move from one pandal to another. The traffic in this time of the year gets quite crazy, so if you get stuck, your chances of visiting all the pandals will be lesser.

Route

The route and the pandals that we have decided to cover is something like this and can be visited serially as well.

• College Square (Include Sealdah Railway Athletic Club)
• Chorbagan Sarbajanin
• Chaltabagan Lohapatty
• Nalin Sarkar Street
• Hatibagan Sarbajanin
• Kashi Bose Lane
• Sovabajar Rajbari
• Ahiritola Sarbajanin
• Kumartuli park & Kumartuli Sarbajanin
• Jagat Mukherjee Park
• Bagbajar Sarbajanin
• Tala Barowari
• Tala Pratyay
• Dum Dum Park (Dum Dum Park Sarbojanin, Bharat Chakra & Tarun dol)
• Sreebhumi Sporting Club

As per our analysis this is to be one of the quickest routes to take if you want to cover all 15 in one day.

For North & Central Kolkata Durga Puja pandal hopping, we want to start from College Square which you can easily access from both metro and train. For metro you can get down in MG Road and walk straight towards College street or take a train and get down in Sealdah and walk up to College Square. Once that is done, follow the route of pandals provided above to complete the list in one day only.

Download the Kolkata Police map from here for North & Central Kolkata Durga Puja

College Square (Include Sealdah Railway Athletic Club)

If you are coming by train would advise you to get down in Sealdah railway station. Once you get down just walk 100 metres to visit Sealdah Railway Athletic Club Durga Puja.

Sealdah Railway Athletic Club is one of the oldest Durga pujas, which was established in the year 1947. This year they are celebrating their 75th year with theme as Red Fort. Once done, walk straight towards College Square Puja pandal which is not far away from Sealdah.

But if you are coming by metro then get down in MG Road, take an auto to go to Bata shop and walk for 10 minutes to enter the Puja premises.

They are also celebrating their 75th year and their theme this year is “Vrindavan’s Prem Mandir” and the  interiors will be decorated like an old palace.

Chorbagan Sarbojonin

Once you are done visiting College Square, take the road which goes towards Thanthania Kali Bari from College street and continue walking. Just beside the Kali Mandir, take Muktaram Babu street and walk straight towards Chorbagan Sarbajanin. You would easily spot sign boards there.

This years theme is “Antar Shakti” (inner power).They had this idea of executing the theme back in 2020 but due to Covid19 they could not implement it. Their idol is set to win multiple awards this year. So this should be a must see.

Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja

Once done, come back near Thanthania kali mandir or go towards Central Avenue whichever is closer. Take any bus, cab which goes towards Maniktala crossing. On the way get down at Chaltabagan Stoppage to visit the pandal.

They chose ‘Incarnation of Ancient Architecture‘ as its theme this year. The Maniktalla Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja turns 80 in this year. They are quite famous for their famous sindoor khela on Bijaya Dashami.

Actor Shatrughan Sinha graced the inauguration ceremony of Chaltabagan this time around.

Nalin Sarkar Street

Once done with Chaltabagan take a bus and get down in Maniktala, take another bus to continue to the APC Road and get down near Khanna crossing or the next stop after Khanna Crossing to view this Pandal. Not sure where the entry gates will be this time around hence just ask around after getting down.

This 90-year-old Durga puja in North Kolkata’s Hatibagan region have set their theme Gorbodharini or Mother. The pandal entrance will resemble a womb. In the past two years, the pandal was not open for visitors because of the Covid19 pandemic.

Hatibagan Sarbajanin

Once done walk straight towards Hatibagan more taking the Khanna crossing and you would arrive to Hatibagan Sarbajanin.

They are completing their 88th year of Durga Puja this time around. Their theme this year “Hariye Jaoa Shilpa Potochitro“

Kashi Bose Lane

Take the Hatibagan Road and walk towards Khudiram College, the road which leads to Scottish Church School to arrive Kashi Bose Lane Durga Puja.

Their theme this year is “Maa“. They want to showcase through art, the worship of mother. Its their 85th year of celebration. They are also planning to organize a three dimensional pandal this time. Their total budget this year is around 30 lac rupees.

Sovabajar Rajbari

From Kashi Bose lane, head towards Central Avenue. Take any bus, auto to reach there and from central Avenue head towards Sovabajar near Seth Anandaram Jaipuria College.

Just beside it go straight towards Raja Naba Krishna Street to go to Sovabajar Rajbari Durga Puja. There are two durga pujas opposite to each other. This puja is celebrating their 261 years, and was started by none other than Raja Nabakrishna Deb. 

It is known that Raja Nabakrishna Deb started the first Bonedi or Family durga puja in the year 1757 that of Sovabajar Rajbari.

Ahiritola Sarbajanin

Once done, cross the road and walk up further to head towards BK Paul Avenue. Taken an auto or bus as available and head straight towards Ahiritola Sarbajanin.

As informed in our earier blog, Ahiritola Sarbojanin, Deshapriya Park, Ballygunge Cultural Association and Tala Park Pratyay this year have brought a unique concept to get added to the metaverse platform. If you have a wearable device at home, you can just sit back and enjoy the view of the whole pandel itself.

Their Puja theme is “Akash Vani“. They want to portray how usage of radio is getting lost in the age of digital transformation.

Kumartuli park

Come back towards BK Paul Avenue juntion and continue towards Rabindra Sarani to head towards Kumartuli Park.

This puja is housed in one of oldest areas of North Kolkata and the pandal is known for being crafted by some of the best artists. Most of the idols of Kolkata are created in the Kumartuli area only.

Their theme this year is “Anneshan“

Jagat Mukherjee Park

After Kumartuli Park walk around 600 metres towards Jatindra Mohan Avenue or Central Avenue and you would get Jagat Mukherjee Park Durga Puja just on the main road itself.

Their theme this year is Barsha Mangal or Monsoon. This puja has already started receiving awards for 2022, so will be attracting huge crowds this year as well. As per the decorators, they mentioned that you would get a vibe of monsoon and rain as soon as you enter the Pandal premises

Bagbajar Sarbajanin

Take a bus from main road and head straight towards Bagbajar St. Follow the directions towards one of the oldest durga Puja of Kolkata to reach there.

Bagbajar was the first Barowari or Public Durga Puja pandal that was not made in an aristocrat’s or Zamindar’s house. This Durga Puja still attracts the most number of visitors in the city. At Bagbazar, you can enjoy traditional Durga Puja practices that takes us back to old times and traditions. They also organize a big Mela or carnival where visitors can ride amusement rides as well.

Tala Barowari

From Bagbajar, head towards Shyambajar more and continue towards BT Road to get down near Tala Bridge.The Tala Barowari puja is located there.

They completed 102 years of their Durga Puja this year. Artist Sanjib Saha mentioned this year that their theme would be “Bunon” or weaving. The pandal would be weaved with bamboo sticks as a artistic deign inside it.

Tala Pratyay

If you are done with Tala Barowari head back towards Shyambajar more and take the road which goes towards RG Kar and Belgachia. You would get plenty of buses and auto to take you directly to Tala Pratyay Durga Puja.

Mind it, this year it is supposed to be the best Durga Puja in Kolkata. So do not miss this one at any cost. This puja is receiving awards every year from the last 3 to 4 years. Their concept, idol, creativity is one the best ever seen in the city.

This year their theme is ‘Riti‘.

Dum Dum Park (Dum Dum Park Sarbojanin, Bharat Chakra & Tarun dol)

Once you are done with Tala Pratyay, take the Jessore Road and head straight towards Dum Dum Park area after crossing Lake Town.

There are mainly 3 puja pandals back to back in this region and all portray beautiful pandals every year. Tarun Dol, Bharat Chakra and Dum Dum Park Sarbajanin. You can complete all 3 in one go in this area.

Once done take the VIP Road and get down near Sreebhumi stoppage.

Sreebhumi Sporting Club

The club which broke all records last year and attracted the highest crowd ever recorded. The Authorities literally had to shut down pandal visit because of the enormous amount of crowd that got gathered for its theme last year “Burj Khalifa”.

Well this year is no different. People are flocking towards it from the very first day of opening which happened more than a week before the actual puja dates. The club is also celebrating their 50 years Golden Jubilee this year. Their theme this year is Vatican City.

They took around 60 days to create and complete this pandal with the help of more than 100 artisans this time around.

Conclusion

If you are coming or staying back in Kolkata you can follow our itinerary to view the best North & Central Kolkata Durga Puja pandals. This is definitely not the ultimate list of pandals, as we will list down plenty of other names as well which you can also visit.

We wanted to customize the North & Central Kolkata Durga Puja pandals sequentially so that the communication and the connectivity is better. If you are planning to go out of the city during this time around check our Blogs section to know more about travel itineraries. Do like share and subscribe to our website.

1. Md. Ali Park
2. Santosh Mitra Square
3. Shimla Byam Samiti
4. Salt Lake FD Block
5. Lake Town Adhibasi Brindo
6. Kankurgachi Mitali Sangha
7. Telengabagan
8. Sealdah Railway Athletic Club
9. Kankurgachi Yuvak Brindo
10. Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsov

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