Suruchi Sangha Durga Puja
সুরুচি সংঘ
New Alipore’s award-winning theme puja.
About Suruchi Sangha Durga Puja
Suruchi Sangha, a club in New Alipore, has held its Durga Puja since the 1950s. It became one of the city’s headline theme pujas, often building its pandal around the art and crafts of a single Indian state, and has won many of the city’s puja awards.
Why visit
One of the pandals South Kolkata queues for.
What to see and do
- The year’s theme pandal and idol
- The lighting along the approach
Plan your visit
- Area
- New Alipore, South Kolkata
- Nearest landmark
- New Alipore petrol pump crossing
- Best time
- Evening or night. Durga Puja week only.
- Time needed
- About 45 minutes
- Cost
- Free
- Entry
- Worth going only at a certain time of year. A community festival open to all during Durga Puja; closed ground at other times.
- Metro
- Majerhat (Purple Line) or Kalighat (Blue Line)
- Train
- New Alipore
- Walking
- Some walking
- Photography
- Good for photography.
Tip
There is nothing to see outside the festival. In Puja week go before noon or after midnight to shorten the queue.
Nearby and related places
- Kalighat Kali Temple: One of the 51 Shakti Peeths, and the shrine the city is said to be named after.
- Kalighat Patuapara: The south’s own idol-makers’ lane, near the temple.
- Karunamoyee Kali Temple, Tollygunge: A 1760 temple of the Sabarna Roy Choudhury family beside Tolly’s Nullah.
- Lake Market: A neighbourhood market with a South Indian flavour.
- Greek Orthodox Church: A Doric temple-fronted church of the 1920s, beside the Kalighat tram depot.
- Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Statue: Tollygunge’s tribute to the greatest star of Bengali cinema.
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