Talkatora Indoor Stadium stands in Talkatora Garden in central Delhi, close to the President’s Estate. It is owned and run by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and is the oldest indoor stadium in the capital. It was upgraded for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, when it staged the boxing, and today it is hired out for sports tournaments, school functions and commercial events.
Facility profile
- Official name: Talkatora Indoor Stadium (also called Talkatora Stadium)
- Address: Talkatora Garden, New Delhi 110001
- Operator: New Delhi Municipal Council, through its Education Department
- Contact: 011-23094378 and 09811669501 (officer in charge: Manvender Singh); NDMC general helpline 1533
- Built: 1974. The upgraded stadium was inaugurated on 25 February 2010
- Land area: not published
- Nearest Metro stations: R K Ashram Marg, Shivaji Stadium and Rajiv Chowk
The stadium takes its name from the Mughal-era Talkatora Garden, whose tank (talkatora) sits in a bowl-shaped hollow on the Delhi Ridge.
Infrastructure and facilities
The stadium is fully air-conditioned and, by the operator’s count, seats 2,700 people on chairs. Other published figures give a capacity of 3,035. The two figures differ; the operator’s figure is the one used for bookings.
Facilities include professional lighting and sound, a changing room, temporary storage, free parking and paid advertisement display. The 2010 upgrade gave the stadium one competition ring and four warm-up areas, a tunnel linking the facility block to the main arena, an acoustic dome ceiling, a scoreboard, video screens and sports lighting, and energy-efficient fittings were used to make it a green building. The Talkatora swimming pool is in a separate building next to the stadium.
Events hosted
The stadium has hosted:
- a national trade union delegates’ session in November 1978, attended by more than 7,000 delegates;
- a star night to raise funds for relief after the Kargil War;
- the boxing competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games;
- the opening of the Delhi Games 2025 on 20 May 2025, inaugurated by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, with more than 22,000 athletes expected across 20 sports.
The venue is also marketed for star nights, annual general meetings, political conferences and cultural shows.
Timings and operational hours
Working hours are 9.00am to 5.30pm. During booked programmes, events can run from 9.00am to 10.00pm. Seasonal changes, closing days and a public coaching timetable are not published.
Charges, membership and booking
No individual memberships or pay-and-play sessions are offered online; the published charges are for hiring the whole venue. Bookings fall into three categories: A for tournaments and sports functions, B for school annual days, and C for commercial and other programmes (exhibitions, fashion shows, cultural programmes, kavi sammelan and mushaira, business seminars, AGMs, NGO meetings, political meetings and religious functions).
| Charge (per day) | A: sports | B: school annual day | C: commercial and other |
|---|---|---|---|
| User charges | Rs 20,000 | Rs 50,000 | Rs 1,25,000 |
| Air-conditioning | Rs 50,000 | Rs 50,000 | Rs 50,000 |
| Air circulation | Rs 20,000 | Rs 20,000 | Rs 20,000 |
| Display advertisement | Rs 20,000 | Rs 20,000 | Rs 20,000 |
| Security deposit | Rs 65,000 | Rs 65,000 | Rs 65,000 |
| GST | 18% | 18% | 18% |
Cancellation rules depend on how far ahead the request is made. GST is forfeited in every case. Of the user charges, 25 per cent is forfeited if the request comes more than 30 days before the booking, 50 per cent at 21 to 30 days, 75 per cent at 10 to 20 days, and the full amount at less than 10 days. If NDMC itself cancels a booking, including for security reasons, it offers another date; if none suits, it refunds the user charges, security deposit and air-conditioning charges in full.
Bookings are made through NDMC’s online services portal. No concessions for colleges, senior citizens or government servants are published beyond the lower school and sports categories above.
Urban and ecosystem context
Talkatora is the New Delhi Municipal Council’s indoor stadium in the heart of the capital, and its central location, Metro links and parking have made it a venue for school events and state-level sport, as the 2025 Delhi Games opening showed. It shares the Talkatora Garden area with the Sports Authority of India’s Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Swimming Pool Complex. Because the hall is priced for event hire rather than daily use, it serves organised competitions and functions more than casual players; figures on how often it is used for sport are not published.
Details were checked in November 2026. Confirm charges, availability and timings with NDMC before booking or visiting.
