Sunday, 8 November
Naihati Boro Maa Kali Puja 2026
Boro Maa of Naihati stands more than 20 feet tall, yet on Kali Puja night the first question is a plain one: how do I get there, and how do I get back? This year that night is Sun 8 Nov 2026. Naihati is a town of its own, up the Sealdah main line, and the temple sits a short way from Naihati Junction, on the river side. Below are the trains from Sealdah and from Howrah, the road, the ferry from Chinsurah and the rules for the night. The trust has not announced its 2026 schedule yet, and the police have not announced their arrangements. This page will carry both once they are out.
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In this guide
- Kali Puja night: Sunday 8 November, almanac nishita window 10.55 to 11.46 pm
- Train from Sealdah to Naihati Junction, about 400 m from the temple
- From Howrah: change at Bandel for the line across the river
- Is Naihati in Kolkata? The short answer, and who polices it
- Not announced yet: the trust's 2026 schedule, police arrangements and cracker hours
Sunday, 8 November
Sunday, 8 November
The 2026 Kali Puja night is Sunday, 8 November. Kali is worshipped late at night, at nishita, and for Kolkata drikpanchang sets that window at 10.55 to 11.46 pm. Amavasya, the new-moon tithi, sets in at 11.27 am that Sunday and runs until 12.31 pm on Monday, 9 November. These are the almanac's times, not the temple's: the trust has not announced its own schedule for the night yet.
The temple
The history below is English Wikipedia's wherever we say so. The distance is in a straight line from the station, not a walking distance.
Boro Maa, Naihati
Outside KolkataNaihati, North 24 Parganas
The puja and the temple are run by the Naihati Barakali Puja Samity Trust. English Wikipedia dates the puja to 1923. The puja crossed its hundredth year in 2023, and a new temple opened that year. The clay image is more than 20 feet tall. Wikipedia names Bhavesh Chakraborty as the founder, and says he began the puja after seeing the towering images of Nabadwip's Rash festival. Kali Puja is not the only night here: the temple also marks the new-moon nights, Kaushiki Amavasya among them. On Kali Puja night many devotees perform dandi (lying down and measuring the road to the temple with their bodies) to keep a vow. When the puja is over, a large procession takes the image to the river for immersion. By Wikipedia's account the image stays for five days first, and devotees pull it to the Ganga on a trolley.
Nearest railway station: Naihati Junction (Sealdah main line), 0.38 km
The trust has no website that gives the temple's daily opening hours. The trust's schedule for Kali Puja 2026 is not announced yet.
How to reach Boro Maa from Kolkata
By train from Sealdah
From Sealdah, take a local on the main line, the Sealdah-Ranaghat line, and get off at Naihati Junction. English Wikipedia puts Naihati about 38 km from Sealdah by rail, with Kankinara as the stop before it. The temple is about 400 m from the station in a straight line, on its west side, towards the river. Locals on this line are frequent. For a journey time, go by the live running on NTES before you set out. Eastern Railway has announced no extra trains for Kali Puja night yet.
Live trains: NTES (Indian Railways)Eastern Railway press releases
By train from Howrah
From Howrah, take a Howrah-Bandel local to Bandel Junction and change there. The Bandel-Naihati branch runs through Hooghly Ghat and Garifa and crosses the river to Naihati. On the platform at Naihati, the railway's yellow board tells passengers to change there for Bandel. On this route too, go by NTES for the timing.
By road
By car there are two ways out of Kolkata. One is Barrackpore Trunk Road (BT Road) from Shyambazar to Barrackpore, then State Highway 1 on through Ichapore to Naihati. The other is the Kalyani Expressway from Nimta More, which runs along Naihati's eastern edge. We have found no reliable road distance or driving time, so we give none. Parking and road closures for Kali Puja night are not announced yet: watch the Barrackpore police notices.
By ferry from Chinsurah
Coming from the Hooghly side? A state-run ferry crosses from Mechuabazar ghat at Chinsurah to Naihati. The jetty on the Naihati side carries the Transport Department's sign, “Naihati Boroma Ferry Service”, and the ghat is close to the temple. No timetable has been published, so ask at the ghat before you plan your way back.
Kali Puja night in Naihati: police, crackers, phone numbers
Naihati is not Kolkata Police's area. It comes under the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, which has put out no Kali Puja notice for 2026 yet. Entry and queue arrangements at the temple are not announced yet either. Crackers follow one statewide rule: anywhere in West Bengal, the only ones that may be sold or burst are green crackers carrying a QR code. It comes from a Calcutta High Court order of 11 Oct 2022, which the state Pollution Control Board then passed on. Naihati's own cracker hours for 2026 are not announced yet. To reach the police that night, call Naihati Police Station on 033 2581 2389. In an emergency, dial 112.
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Questions people ask
What is Naihati Boro Maa?
Boro Maa is the Kali of Naihati: a clay image more than 20 feet tall, worshipped in a temple run by the Naihati Barakali Puja Samity Trust. English Wikipedia dates the puja to 1923. The puja crossed its hundredth year in 2023, when a new temple opened.
Is Naihati in Kolkata?
No. Naihati is a town of its own in the Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district, with its own municipality, set up in 1869. English Wikipedia counts it in the wider Kolkata Metropolitan Area, not in Kolkata city. It is policed by the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, not Kolkata Police.
What time is the Boro Maa puja on Kali Puja 2026?
Boro Maa's Kali Puja falls on Sunday, 8 November 2026. For Kolkata, drikpanchang gives that night's nishita puja as 10.55 to 11.46 pm. That is the almanac's reckoning, and the trust has not announced the temple's own schedule for the night yet.
How do I go from Sealdah to Naihati Boro Maa?
Take a Sealdah main line local, on the Sealdah-Ranaghat line, to Naihati Junction. English Wikipedia puts it about 38 km by rail. The temple is about 400 m from the station in a straight line, towards the river. For live running, use NTES, the Indian Railways enquiry service.
How do I go from Howrah to Naihati?
Take a Howrah-Bandel local to Bandel Junction, then change to the Bandel-Naihati branch, which crosses the river via Hooghly Ghat and Garifa to Naihati. From the Chinsurah side there is also a state-run ferry from Mechuabazar ghat to the Boroma ghat at Naihati.
Which crackers can I burst in Naihati on Kali Puja night?
In Naihati, as across West Bengal, the only crackers allowed are green ones carrying a QR code. The Calcutta High Court set that rule for the whole state on 11 October 2022. Naihati is policed by the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, not Kolkata Police, and its 2026 hours are not announced yet.
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Sources: the trust's YouTube channel, the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate, Naihati Municipality, the North 24 Parganas district site, Eastern Railway, Indian Railways' NTES, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, drikpanchang and English Wikipedia. When the trust's 2026 schedule, the police arrangements and the cracker hours come out, this page will carry them. Kali Puja 2026 · Barasat Kali Puja guide · Bangla Panjika