Bhajahari Lodge

Bhajahari Lodge is a protected early 20th century mansion in Tipu Sultan Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

It was built by Bhajohari Saha Banik around 1925. Although it was primarily a residence, Bhajohari and his brother Lal Mohan Saha founded a theatre company, and dramas were often performed there.[1][2]

Bhajahari Lodge is a blend of Indian and Gothic architecture. The principal facade is two storeys high, 150 feet (46 m) long, and symmetrical. The main entrance is through a trefoil arch in the middle. On the second floor are three oriel windows, the two on either side capped with half domes. The oriel window above the main entrance has a conical top, and a gabled roof rises above. An incompatible western block was added later. The forecourt had an ornamental fountain that has been lost.[1]

The 1996 Bangladesh: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit said Bhajahari Lodge "features a grand but decrepit frontage facing south and lovely 2nd-storey balconies".[3] It is on the Department of Archaeology's list of protected monuments.[4][5] However its users, Government Shaheed Suhrawardy College and Graduates High School, want it demolished.[1]

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References
  1. Rahman, Mahbubur (August 2009). "An Architect's Dhaka". Star Campus. The Daily Star. Retrieved July 1, 2017.
  2. Haider, Azimusshan (1966). A City and Its Civic Body: A Description of Facts and Events Spotlighting Certain Aspects of Life in and Around Dacca During the Last Hundred Years, and an Account of Dacca Municipality: a Souvenir to Mark the Centenary of Dacca Municipality. Dacca Municipality. p. 27. OCLC 13241780.
  3. Newton, Alex; Wagenhauser, Betsy; Murray, Jon (1996). Bangladesh: A Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit. Lonely Planet Publications. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-86442-296-5.
  4. "List of Monuments". Department of Archaeology. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. Rahman, Syedur; Baxter, Craig (2010). Historical dictionary of Bangladesh. Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East. 75 (Fourth, revised ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-8108-6766-6.

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