Haripur Barabari
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| Haripur Barabari | |
|---|---|
হরিপুর বড়বাড়ি | |
 Interactive map of the Haripur Barabari area | |
| General information | |
| Coordinates | 24°6′21.41″N 91°15′26.34″E / 24.1059472°N 91.2573167°E |
| Completed | 18th Century |
| Landlord | Krishna Prasad Roy Choudhury |
Haripur Barabari (Bengali: হরিপুর বড়বাড়ি) or Haripur Zamindar Bari (Bengali: হরিপুর জমিদার বাড়ি) is a palace in Horipur Union of Nasirnagar Upazila at Brahmanbaria District, Bangladesh earlier part of former British Bengal.[1] This palace founded by Jamindar Krishna Prasad Roy Choudhury(1870–1936) in eighteenth century.[2] This palace stands for the witness of Zamindar system of tax exploitation.
Haripur Barabari stands at the east of the Titas. This is known as Horipur Jamindarbari (Bengali: হরিপুর জমিদারবাড়ি) or Horipur Rajbari (Bengali: হরিপুর রাজবাড়ি). This is at the west of the village and south-east 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) afar from Nasirnagar, on the way to Madhabpur Upazila. Especially in the rainy season water fulfills everywhere then beauty of the palace increases.
Constriction
Haripur Barabari is a multi domed three stored building. Area and stylish architecture implies the historical craft, architecture and structural perfection. This palace boundary acquires nearly 5 acres of high land with 60 chambers including Theater, Darbar Hall, Store house, Cowsheds, Kitchen, Casino, Play ground, Pagoda, Temple, small pond etc. Six stare cases are at six side of the palace for first floor and two stare cases for second floor. Six bedrooms at the north-west, four at the east and four at the west side of the pond. There is a big brick build wharf(Bengali: সান বাঁধানো ঘাট) at the west of the palace that falls on the river and both sides decorated by pagodas of Krishna Prasad Roy Choudhury at the north and Gouri Prasad Roy at the south.[1][3][4] People of this area used river route for communication and comfortable journey and most probably wharf kept as the main gate for the same purpose.
