Roaming Puran Dhaka || Feeling like Nawab!!!

 After having mouthwatering lunch of Puran Dhaka, I felt heavier myself than that of yesterday!!

At afternoon our last visiting spot of this romaing Puran Dhaka session is the Nawab Bari on bank of Buriganga river that was named to all as Ahsan Manzil.

Puran Dhakaiya colleague Mr. & Mrs. Khokon goodbye us showing their highest cultural gratitude at his son’s circumcision ceremony to us and another Puran Dhakaiya colleague Mr. Partha whom I call usually the live Spiderman as he has unbelievable capability to ride on any multistoried building with wonderful skill during AC service related works, welcomed us to show the way to Ahsan Manzil.

Most of the environment and style of the regular road of Puran Dhaka seems to me same. All are narrow. Beside road many hawkers were sitting to sale goods. If Partha was not with us, its impossible for me to go on right track of the road of Nawab Bari!

Partha was riding a bike before us and our car was following him. Our driver Alam was armature about the patchy road of Puran Dhaka. He was kidding, “Ore Allah! The roads seemed to me Jilapi!! I never seen such patchy road!”

After 15 minutes of running, Partha took us a renowned bakery of old Dhaka what is Anondo Bakery whose Coffee cake and Ovaltine cake are truly awesome in taste! Aafiq loved the taste of coffee cake, his mother & grandmother loved Chanachur a lot. I always prefer Ovaltine cake! We purchased huge item for home then again were on the way to the call of Nawab!   

The gap between exit and entry time of the palace of Nawab is only three hours (3 pm to 6 pm). Thanks to Partha as he arranged tickets earlier otherwise when we reached at the gate of Ahsan Manzil there was a huge crowd who were all waiting there to take entry in long lines.   

Then we entered the palace compound. Actually, Ahsan Manzil is a two storied pink colored palace where Nawabs of Dhaka passed their luxurious life the bank of the Buriganga river.

We started from ground floor and saw many used weapons, cloths, bed, chair, table, fan, books, many households and kitchenware material used by Nawab family. At first floor, Aafiq asked a question who is the found of this palace. I got the answer when we saw many paintings and pictures of Nawab family with short note. Nawab Abdul Gani was the founder of this palace.

Aafiq wondered seeing the long length of dining table of Nawab family.  

At the dance room many wall-painted images were seen. My kid asked, “Baba! Where is the picture of Rani (queen)?”

I was also astonished as there was no female picture seen round the palace!! May be all queens of Nawab were the part of harem so they might not be pictured then!!

But we got some images of dancing English woman on wall.

Photography was prohibited inside palace.  

From the veranda and high exit stairs of first floor, Buriganga was clearly visible. Unexpected smell of flowing water and sound of water vehicle reminded us that the time was almost to the sun set. After passing a wonder roaming at loving Puran Dhaka we all became very tired. Then we walked to our car to back home. I asked Aafiq, how do you feel?

He replied, Very nice. Thank you Puran Dhaka!