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[name] => Horipur Boro Bari
[post_id] => 6569
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Horipur Boro Bari, also known as Horipur Zamindar Bari is a mammoth mansion that is located at the Horipur village of Nasirnagar Upazila of Brahmanbaria district. This is exactly adjacent to the bank of the river Titash. From outside it’s hard to get any essence of its antiquity and beauty. This is a capacious mansion having plenty of rooms at the both floor.
From the inscription from a Moth near the area it is found that the owner was Zamindar Krishna Prasad Ray Choudhury (জমিদার কৃষ্ণ প্রসাদ রায় চৌধুরী) who built that around 1343 of Bengali Calendar. At the front side it has a Ghat for taking bath (also may be for taking part in a family gossip during after noon).
Right now, the situation of the building is not good. This is now occupied by lot of poor families (Hindu people from their dress up and religious practice). Due to lack of care, most of the walls are decaying. It’s a two stored building and few portion of the second floor is risky. But still people are living at the ground floor.
The mammoth size, stylish architecture, etc simply implies that how sumptuous the owner was. Though most of the parts are diminished but still there is a portion of a Pasha Ghor exists at the second floor. Probably the owner used to play Pasha with his mates. May be it was a dance floor where the rich Baijee (Dictionary: Dancer) used to perform every night.
Since this is exactly beside the river Titash, lot of people use to visit here with a boat as a part of their picnic. As per the local, this type of picnic party uses to visit frequently during the weekends. And still people from Dhaka know very little about this place. You can explore the river after visiting this old Zamindar Bari. But you may not find any boat for hiring around there. Most of those are the private boats. May be you can request them to use for a while. Just about few hundreds meter apart from the building you'll find a cremation place which was built by the same owner.
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[post_id] => 6396
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Dharampasha Land lord’s home/Zamindar Bari is just in the bank of the Tanguar Haor. It is an ideal place to visit once someone comes to see the beauty of Tanguar hoar. It’s a very ancient home. Currently it is very decrepit & worn out.
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[name] => Tahkhana Complex
[post_id] => 3614
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[post_content] => Tahkhana Complex is located on the bank of a pond called Zahedulbala at a distance of 500m. towards north-west of Chhoto Sona Mosque. Two-storeyed in plan, the building called Tahkhana measures 35.35 x 11.58 m. On its first floor, there are 17 rooms of which two are octagonal. The octagonal room on the north-west was used for performing Salah, while the rest for different purposes, viz-saloon, recreation, dining, meeting hammam etc. The hammam complex proper is located on the south if the Tahkhana. There is a staircase in the south-east corner which leads down to the water level of the pond. There were provisions of supplying both cold and hot water following a channel of terracotta pipe, to the hammam complex. The entire building was constructed with small bricks laid in lime mortar. The wall of the building is decorated with niches and different kind of art motifs at its different points.
There are two views regarding the construction of this building. Firstly, Shah Shuja used to come and stay here for his administrative visit, rest and recreational purpose and to meet his spiritual guide Shah Niamatullah (R). Secondly, to provide residential accommodation to Shah Niamatullah (R) during the year 1655 AD. A mosque and tomb of Shah Niamatullah (R) are located on the north-west and north of the building respectively. At present, these buildings are protected monuments by the Department of Archaeology.
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[name] => {:en}Rose Garden Palace{:}{:bn}রোজ গার্ডেন প্যালেস{:}
[post_id] => 1529
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The Rose Garden Palace was built by a Hindu Zamindar Hrikesh Das in the late 19th century. Around that time jalsas (parties) held at Baldha Garden were an important part of the social life of the city's wealthier Hindu residents. The story goes that Hrishikesh, a Zamindar of lower caste background, being insulted on this account by someone at one of the jalsas at Baldha Garden, decided to create his own garden to outshine that of Baldha. Here he staged jalsas of his own. The centerpiece of the garden is an elegant pavilion. However, this was not created as a residence, but rather a setting for entertainment such as musical performances (although subsequent owners did use it as a house). This extravagant lifestyle caused Hrikesh to go bankrupt and he was forced to sell the property.
The palace was bought by Khan Bahadur Kazi Abdur Rashid from Hrikesh in 1936 and renamed the building Rashid Manzil. His eldest son Kazi Mohammed Bashir (Humayun) who carried his name and fame until this generation.
The building, which remains a private property to date, has been renovated by its owners keeping the original character fully maintained. At present it is owned by Qazi Abdur Raqib, Barrister, who has leased it out to the Bengal Motion Picture Studios Limited.
The building has Corinthian columns and has eight apartments including a central hall on its ground floor. The upper floor has a further five apartments including a large dance hall in the middle. In the front yard, there was a fountain originally, the structure of which still remains. There are several classical marble statues in the garden, although the rosegarden that gave the mansion its name does not exist anymore.
The lodge contains on the ground floor eight apartments including a central hall whilst the upper floor has a further five apartments including a large dance hall measuring in the middle. At the back of the building to the east there is a veranda triple-arched entrance porch which leads to a staircase for the upper storey. Originally there was an ornamental fountain in the garden and a number of classical marble statue.
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১৯ শতকের শেষের দিকে হিন্দু জমিদার হৃষিকেস দাস রোজ গার্ডেন প্যালেসটি নির্মাণ করেন। সেসময়, বলধা গার্ডেনে অনুষ্ঠিত হওয়া জলসাগুলো শহরের বিত্তবান হিন্দুদের সামাজিক জীবনের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অংশ ছিল। বলধা গার্ডেনের এমনই এক জলসায় হৃষিকেস দাস নামক এক নিম্নবর্ণের জমিদারকে অপমান করা হয় এবং এর ফলে তিনি নিজেই বাগানবাড়ি স্থাপনের সিদ্ধান্ত গ্রহন করেন। হৃষিকেস দাস তাঁর নিজস্ব বাগানবাড়িতে জলসার আয়োজন করতেন। তাঁর বাগানের মূল আকর্ষণ ছিল একটি নয়নাভিরাম সাজঘর। তবে বাগানবাড়িটি শুধুমাত্র বিনোদনের জন্য তৈরি করা হয়েছিল (যদিও পরবর্তী মালিকরা এটি বসবাসের জন্যেও ব্যবহার করতেন)। বিলাসবহুল জীবনযাপনের কারনে হৃষিকেস দাস দেউলিয়া হয়ে যান এবং ফলশ্রুতিতে তাঁকে তাঁর সম্পত্তি বিক্রি করে দিতে হয়েছিল।
১৯৩৬ সালে খান বাহাদুর কাজী আব্দুর রশিদ এই প্রাসাদটি হৃষিকেস দাসের কাছ থেকে কিনে নেন এবং প্রাসাদটির নামকরণ করেন রশিদ মঞ্জিল। তাঁর বড় ছেলে কাজী মোহাম্মদ বশির (হুমায়ুন) আজ অবধি তাঁদের নাম ও খ্যাতিকে ধরে রেখেছেন।
আজ অবধি ব্যাক্তিগত সম্পত্তি এই ভবনটির মূল আবেদন ধরে রেখে ভবনটিকে রক্ষনাবেক্ষন করা হচ্ছে। বর্তমানে এই প্রাসাদটির মালিক ব্যারিস্টার কাজী আব্দুর রকিব প্রাসাদটি বেঙ্গল মোশন পিকচার স্টুডিও লিমিটেডের কাছে ভাড়া দিয়েছেন।
প্রাসাদটির নীচতলায় একটি হলরুম ছাড়াও করিনথিয়ান কলাম এবং আটটি কক্ষ রয়েছে। প্রাসাদের উপর তলার মাঝে নৃত্য করার জন্য হল ছাড়াও আরও পাঁচটি কক্ষ রয়েছে। প্রাসাদের সামনে একটি ঝর্ণা ছিল যেটির চিহ্ন আজও বিদ্যমান। প্রাসাদের বাগানে কয়েকটি মার্বেলের তৈরি মূর্তি রয়েছে যদিও স্থানটির নামকরণ যে গোলাপ বাগানের জন্য করা হয়েছে সেই গোলাপ বাগানটি এখন আর নেই।
প্রাসাদের পিছনে পূর্বদিকে একটি বারান্দা আছে যেখানে প্রবেশের জন্য ধনুকাকৃতির তিনস্তর বিশিষ্ট একটি প্রবেশপথ রয়েছে যেটি দিয়ে উপরে ওঠার সিঁড়িতে যাওয়া যায়।
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