Rai Bahadur Srinath Palace

Rai Bahadur Srinath Palace (Rai Bahadur Srinath Palace) is located in Sheikher Nagar village of Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district. Ray Bahadur Srinath Roy's house is a witness of time in the village of Chaya Sunibir near Shekernagar Rai Bahadur Institution near Ichamati river and it is telling the unknown stories of history and tradition. Roy's two-storied house of square design is 40 feet long and 20 feet wide. On the north, west and south sides of the two-storied building there are 3 more single-storied buildings of 20 feet length and 15 feet width. There are two Shanbadhano Ghat ponds on the east and south sides of Rai Bahadur Srinath Roy's house.

Srinath Roy, very charitable and one of the richest men of Munshiganj, was awarded the title of 'Raja' and 'Ray Bahadur' by the British rulers. On 21 Shravan 1322, Lord Carmichael, the first Governor of Bengal, arrived at the house of Rai Bahadur Srinath Rai to inaugurate a charitable hospital. During the partition of the country in 1947, all the family members of Raja Srinath Roy migrated to Calcutta.

Distance from Dhaka to Munshiganj by road is only 23 km. Munshiganj can be reached by taking a bus bound for Mawa from Gulisthan, Abdullahpur or Mirpur in Dhaka. If you want, you can go to Munshiganj by boat. In that case, board the Munshiganj-bound launch from Dhaka's Sadar Ghat launch terminal. From Munshiganj district headquarter you can take a bus to Sirajdikhan upazila and from there you can take a rickshaw to Rai Bahadur Srinath Roy's house.

One can return from Dhaka to Munshiganj in one day. However, if necessary, you can stay overnight in residential hotels like Hotel Three Star, Hotel Comfort etc. located in the district headquarters. Besides, among the interesting resorts of Munshiganj, Padma Resort, Mawa Resort and Meghna Village Holiday Resort etc. are notable.

Munshiganj has good food hotels and restaurants. Munshiganj's Chittar Dai, Anandar Sweets, Khuder Bauua (Khuder Khichuri) and Bhagyakul Sweets are popular dishes across the country.

Other places of interest in Munshiganj include Jagdish Chandra Memorial Museum, Bhagyakul Zamindar Bari and Mawa Ferry Ghat.