Haripur Zamidar Bari

Haripur Zamidar Bari is a historical building located in Harinber village of Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district. The three-storied zamindar house built on about 5 acres of red brick surki masonry has a total of 60 rooms, durbar hall, rangmahal, paddy gola, cowshed, dance hall, mall pond, kitchen, playground and temple. Apart from this, there is a well-built ghat on the banks of Titas river on the western side of the famous zamindar house of Haripur Bara Bari. And on the north side of the ghat is the Samadhi Math of Krishna Prasad Roy Chowdhury and Gauri Prasad Roy Chowdhury, the founders of Haripur Zamindar Bari.

According to historians about 175 years ago Zamindar Gauri Prasad Roy Chowdhury and Krishna Prasad Roy Chowdhury built Haripur Zamindar Bari. After the death of Krishna Prasad Roy Chowdhury, Haripad Roy Chowdhury and Shanti Roy Chowdhury and later Upendra Roy Chowdhury and Harendra Roy Chowdhury inherited the ownership and zamindari of this zamindar house. After 1947, when the zamindari system was abolished, Upendra Roy Chowdhury and Harendra Roy Chowdhury migrated to Calcutta leaving the priests in the zamindar's house in Haripur.

Haripur zamindar's house, built in aesthetic style, has been the location of several dramas and movies. A significant part of the film 'Ghetuputra Kamala', written by renowned fiction writer Humayun Ahmed, was shot at the Zamindar's house in Haripur. Currently Haripur Zamindar Bari is preserved under the supervision of Bangladesh Directorate of Antiquities.

The easiest and most convenient route to Haripur Zamindar Bari from the capital Dhaka is to take the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. From Dhaka you can take a bus going to Sylhet or Habiganj and get down at Madhavpur Bazar and from there you can rent CNG and visit the Zamindar's house.

It is possible to return from Dhaka to Haripur Zamindar's house in one day. However, if you want to stay overnight, you can stay at Zilla Parishad Rest House, Lucky Hotel, Madhavpur Highway Rest House or Vision Hotel located in Madhavpur Bazar.