The landlords' embanked ghat at Rupganj, standing on the bank of the Chitra river, is nearly 200 years old. Built in the style of Roman architecture, the ghat is quite a sight to behold. The upper part of the ghat has 20 ornately carved pillars, each about 20 feet high. The emperor of literature Bankimchandra used to work at the Khulna Collectorate. From there he would come by boat to the Narail subdivisional town. On the way lay the landlords' embanked ghat.
Bankimchandra would sit in a boat on the Chitra river and gaze at the ornately carved ghat. Traces of the varied history of the Narail landlords and of the love that grew for the ghat are found in his books 'Kamalakanter Daptar' and 'Krishnakanter Will'. The landlords' settlement was just three kilometres from Narail town.
After 1951 they gradually began to migrate away. They left behind vast, ornately carved palaces, the embanked ghat on the bank of the Chitra river, Victoria College, a monastery, temples and many other legacies. After they left, the landlord house fell prey to looting.
In 1983-84 it was sold off in a government auction. Now a police line and a government children's home have grown up there. Two weather-worn pillars survive, one monastery, and one Sarbamangala temple. The ghat half a kilometre from the landlord house was reserved. Only the women of the landlord house used it. The daughters, daughters-in-law and mothers of the landlord house would descend by palanquin from the house to the ghat and finish their bathing.
That ancient ghat of the Victorian era is now known as the Rupganj Embanked Ghat on the Chitra bank.
How to get there:-
Having reached Narail, you can move from one place to another by rickshaw or van. However, to see everything properly, you can also go on foot. This ghat is not very far from Narail town.
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