Harivanga Mango Rangpur

Haribhanga Mango of Rangpur district is appreciated all over Bangladesh as a delicious pulpless mango . The source of this popular mango is Tekani village of Khoragach in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur. There is a popular legend about the naming of the Haribhanga mango. As Tekani and its surrounding areas are drought-prone areas, separate arrangements had to be made for watering the saplings. At that time, an arborist named Nafal Uddin Paykar was the first to plant this mango.

Initially this mango was given the name Maldia. He made a filter with earthen pots under the tree to water the mango tree. One day someone will break this earthen pot. The tree grows in the broken pot and bears many mangoes in season. When this delicious mango was taken to the market for sale, the farmer Nafal Uddin said that the tree of the broken pot produced this delicious mango. Since then this tree is known as Haribhanga mango tree.

The mother tree planted by Nafal Uddin, the orthodox planter of Haribhanga, is still standing tall in Tekani village of Mithapukur in Rangpur. The old tree is about 63 years old. Thousands of grafts have been made from this tree and Haribhanga saplings have been spread.

The taste and smell of Haribhanga mango is different from other mangoes. The upper part of this seedless mango is quite thick and wide and the lower part is thin. Generally, this mango ripens later than other mangoes. Haribhanga is slightly green when ripe and has a slight yellowish color. Each mango weighs 400-700 grams. A special feature of potted mango is that the mango does not rot easily even if the skin is crushed. If you want to eat Haribhanga mango, you have to wait until the middle of the season.

Rangpur district can be reached by bus and train from Dhaka. From Dhaka, you can go to Rangpur by Hanif, Green Line, SR, Agami, Shyamoli, Nabil or TR Paribahan buses. AC/Non AC buses will cost 750-1500 Tk. You can also go to Rangpur by taking the Rangpur Express or Kurigram Express train from Dhaka's Kamalapur railway station. To go by train, the fare will be 585 taka to 2013 taka per seat. You can go to Haribhanga Amer Bagan located in Mithapukur by local transport from Rangpur.

Rangpur district has residential hotels like Hotel Northview, Hotel Caspia, Hotel Shah Amanat, Hotel Golden Tower, Hotel Friends Residential, Hotel Raj Residential, Hotel Garden etc.

Mithapukur has some medium quality restaurants. And in Rangpur district you will find high quality Bengali, Chinese and fast food restaurants. Sheel bilati potato is another notable dish of Rangpur.

Payaraband , Devi Chaudhurani's Rajbari, Laldighi No Dome Mosque , Prayas Sena Amusement Park, Binjagat Park , Tajhat Zamindar Bari are some of the other places to visit in Rangpur .

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