বাংলা 
English 
An old zamindar mansion located in Sadar Thana of Jhenaidah district, Bangladesh. The mansion stands on the north side of the local Nabaganga river. It is located about three kilometres from the heart of Jhenaidah town. At present the mansion is almost in ruins.
According to ancient tradition, some verses about the time of the building's construction are engraved poetically on the main gate of the edifice. It reads: “Shree Shree Ram, Muraridah the village dham; Bibi Ashrafunnesa by name — what more can a fairy say? A paradise like Indra's, on the northern bank of the Nabaganga, built at a cost of seventy-five thousand taka; in this land, surpassing everyone's power, like a lotus floating on water. Raj Chandra Roy of Kolkata began the work in 1229 and completed the dalan in 1236.”
Completed in Bengali year 1236, if this building is properly maintained it could become a notable recreation centre of Jhenaidah town. As far as is known, the zamindar who built this dalan sold the building during the Partition of the country in 1947 to a person named Selim Chowdhury. That is why some locals also call the building Selim Chowdhury's house. It is said that there was a tunnel running beneath the Nabaganga river from the house. The entrance of the tunnel can still be traced. Built as it was, blocking the river, no other old building of that kind is now seen in Jhenaidah town.
Another major reason for the mansion's wide local fame is a special date palm tree that stood in the house, which had several heads, and sap could be collected from each head.
Location: Muraridah (03 km from Jhenaidah district headquarters)
