The white front
Columns, balconies and green shutters.
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Rose Garden Palace is an elegant white mansion from the late 19th century in the Tikatuli area of Old Dhaka. With its garden and pond it looks like something from a postcard, set among the city's crowded blocks. The mansion was built by the landowner Hrishikesh Das in the late 19th century. The story goes that he decided to create his own garden after being slighted at one of the parties held at the nearby Baldha Garden, then a meeting place for the city's wealthy. He lived here for about a decade, then went bankrupt and sold it in 1927 to another landowner, and the government later announced plans to turn it into a museum. The white front is richly decorated, with columns, balconies and green shutters, crowned by a small domed turret and ornaments along the roofline. On clear days the pond in front mirrors the palace, and the garden has statues, lamps and paths. The palace is about 1.8 km in a straight line from Baitul Mukarram. Check locally that the garden is open to visitors before you come, as access times can change. Morning light is best for photographs.
Columns, balconies and green shutters.
The palace mirrored in the water.
Statues, paths and lamps.
K.M. Das Lane, Tikatuli, Old Dhaka, Bangladesh
Its owner laid out his own rose garden around it.
Check locally whether the garden is open, as access can change.
