Park, eco park and picnic spot, Thakurgaon
Surjapuri Mango Tree, Harinmariহরিণমারীর সূর্যপুরী আমগাছ
- Time needed
- An hour.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- A small entry fee is usually collected.
A single Surjapuri mango tree at Mandumala in Baliadangi, about two hundred years old, whose branches touch the ground and spread so wide it looks like an orchard.
At a glance
- Age
- About 200 years
- Variety
- Surjapuri
About
The tree stands in Mandumala village by the Harinmari border, in the far north-west of the district. Its heavy limbs have bent down to rest on the earth and grown on outward, so you walk among them as if under a roof of leaves. It is counted among the largest mango trees in Bangladesh.
The family that owns it sells the fruit each summer. Visitors come all year; in June the tree is hung with mangoes. Please do not climb on the branches or pick fruit.
Getting there: Bus or CNG to Baliadangi, then an auto to Mandumala near Harinmari.
Things to do
- Walk under the canopy to where the branches touch the ground.
Good to know
- It is near the border: carry ID and keep to the village roads.
