Dum Dum → Tala → Cossipore → Old North Kolkata

Starts at the big Tala pujas near Belgachia and takes in Cossipore first, then heads south through Bagbazar, Kumartuli and Sovabazar into Hatibagan, so you never walk back north.

Nearest stations:

Belgachia and Shobhabazar Sutanuti metro

Getting there:

From Dum Dum, take the Blue Line to Belgachia. Enter Tala Prattoy by the route its organisers allow.

Start:

Belgachia metro, for Tala Prattoy

Finish:

Shobhabazar Sutanuti metro.

Leave early:

Shobhabazar after stop 11.

18

Stops

9.8 km

On foot

8h 11m

Time

1. Tala
2. 1Tala Prottoye
3. 2Tala Barowari
4. 3Tala Palli Sadharan Durgotsab Samity
5. On to Cossipore
6. 4Cossipore Tarundal Durga Puja
7. Bagbazar, Kumartuli and Sovabazar
8. 5Bagbazar Sarbojanin
9. 6Baghbazar Haldar Bari Puja
10. 7Jagat Mukherjee Park
11. 8Kumortuli Sarbojanin
12. 9Kumartuli Park
13. 10Ahiritola Sarbojanin
14. 11Sovabazar Rajbari (Boro Taraf)
15. East into Hatibagan
16. 12Shyampukur Sanghatirtha Durga Puja Samity (Sanghatirtha)
17. 13Sikdar Bagan Sadharan Durgotsab
18. 14Shyambazar Nabin Pally
19. 15North Tridhara
20. 16Nalin Sarkar Street
21. 17Hatibagan Sarbojanin
22. 18Kashi Bose Lane Durga Puja