Saturday, February 2, 2013

Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house in Howrah district, West Bengal


Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house
Around 1 and a half hour’s drive from Kolkata (50 kms), is Deulti in Howrah district of Kolkata. It is a quiet place, and a perfect getaway for a picnic or a day's outing.

Deulti is well-known for Bengali novelist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house which is in a nearby village Samtaber.
Just across the house, a short distance away, flows Rupnarayan river.

I fell in love with the beautiful house, not only because it was where Sarat Chandra spent a lot of his time, but also because of the history of the place, and the serene and peaceful surroundings.

Some of his famous works, among many, are -
  • Parinita
  • Devdas
  • Srikanto
  • Choritrohin
  • Bordidi
  • Mej Didi


Entrance to the house
View from the house


Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's house
Interiors of the house


Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's
house interiors
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's
house interiors


Courtyard
A room to store
grains
 


View of the house from
the courtyard
A spacious
veranda surrounds the house

Rupnarayan river
Rupnarayan river, Howrah
West Bengal


Green surroundings next
to Sarat Chndra Chattopadhyay's
house
A side view of the
house


6 comments:

Unknown said...

Informative...

Sabyasachi Patra | Tales from Wild India said...

Nice to be reminded about Sarat Chandra's works. I used to read him during my childhood days. Great to see his house.

Ranjana Jha said...

@ Anjan Roy, and @Sabyasachi,
yes it was nice to visit the house. So much of history in the house...

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Ranjana Jha said...

Hi Priya, Thank you so much. Much appreciated.