Fort and palace, Brahmanbaria
Haripur Zamindar Bariহরিপুর জমিদার বাড়ি
- Time needed
- An hour, plus the trip.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- Free.
The big three-storey zamindar house at Haripur in Nasirnagar, built by Krishna Prasad Roy Choudhury around the turn of the 20th century: sixty rooms, a pillared front and a long decline since the family left.
At a glance
- Rooms
- About 60
- Where
- Haripur, Nasirnagar upazila
About
Haripur Barabari is the largest zamindar house in the district: a long front of columns and balconies over three floors, a courtyard, a temple and tanks around it, built of lime and brick in the Indo-European style of its time. The family left after 1947 and the house has been used as school and office, filmed in, and slowly stripped; parts are unsafe. It stands in Haripur union near the Meghna haor edge, a long way from the town, which is why it stays so quiet.
Getting there: CNG from Nasirnagar bazar, itself about an hour from the town by bus or CNG; in the haor season partly by boat.
Things to do
- Walk the front colonnade and the tank side.
Good to know
- Do not climb the upper floors; the structure is weak.
