Museum and gallery, Jashore
Sagardari, Madhusudan Dutt's Houseসাগরদাঁড়ি, মধুসূদন দত্তের বাড়ি
- Time needed
- Two hours.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- Small entry fee.
The birthplace of the poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt on the Kapotaksha at Sagardari, Keshabpur: the family house, its pond and grounds, kept as a memorial with a small collection.
Plan your visit
- Best time
- Late January for the Madhu Mela; any winter day.
At a glance
- Poet born
- 1824
- River
- Kapotaksha
About
Madhusudan was born here in 1824 into the Dutt family of landowners. He left for Calcutta as a boy, became a Christian and wrote in English before turning to Bangla, where his blank verse changed the language's poetry. The Kapotaksha, the river of his childhood, appears in one of his best-known sonnets.
The house, the pond with its old ghat, and the grounds are looked after by the archaeology department, with a few objects from the family on show. A school founded in 1944 stands on the open land in front.
Every January the Madhu Mela, a week-long fair with music and poetry, fills the village around the poet's birthday.
Getting there: Bus from Jashore to Keshabpur, then a CNG or easy-bike to Sagardari.
Things to do
- Walk down to the Kapotaksha bank after the house.
Good to know
- Combine with Mirzanagar's bath house on the same Keshabpur trip.
