Kalighat Nepal Bhattacharjee Street Club

Kalighat Nepal Bhattacharjee Street Club (KNBS Club)

Kalighat Nepal Bhattacharjee Street Club (KNBS Club), established in 1980 on Nepal Bhattacherjee Street beside Kalighat — Kolkata's most famous Kali temple — is a bonedi (traditional household-style) puja with deep local roots. In 2025 the club's theme evoked "The palace of Burdwan and the form of mother Rajarajeshwari" (বর্ধমানের রাজবাড়ী), recreating the grandeur of the Bardhaman Rajbari and the majestic Rajarajeshwari murti within a neighbourhood pandal.

The choice reflects KNBS's identity as a bonedi puja: reverence for royalty, goddess worship and ornate sabeki craft over flashy installation art. Proximity to the Kalighat temple means the club sits at the spiritual heart of South Kolkata's puja geography, drawing both devotees and pandal visitors. Its compact but meticulously decorated pandal rewards close looking — the archways, the Rajbari motifs and the serene Rajarajeshwari idol. For visitors interested in the bonedi strand of Durga Puja, where tradition and household ritual still steer the celebration, KNBS Club offers an authentic, less-commercial counterpoint to the larger theme pandals nearby.

Kalighat Metro and the eponymous temple are both steps away, making KNBS an effortless add-on to a Kalighat temple visit during the puja. As a bonedi puja the atmosphere is devotional and unhurried; the pandal is smaller than the blockbuster theme clubs, so viewing is relaxed even at peak. Visitors interested in sabeki craft will appreciate the Rajbari motifs and the sculpted Rajarajeshwari. Free entry and a quiet corner for arati make it a soothing counterpoint to the louder pandals nearby.

• Area: South Kolkata (Kalighat, beside Kalighat Temple)
• Established 1980; bonedi puja
• 2025 theme: The palace of Burdwan & Rajarajeshwari (বর্ধমানের রাজবাড়ী)