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Title
Ancestral Home of Great Poet Michel Modhusudan Datta
Location

Sagordari Union

Transportation

How to go:

To go to the Sagardari by road, Dhaka-Khulna national highway should be taken. After crossing Jessore, there is a place named Rajar Hat. 36 Km onwards from here, Keshobpur Upazilla Parishad is situated. Sagardari is nearly 16 Km from Keshobpur Upazilla Parishad.

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Michel Modhusudan Datta, poet, dramatist and the creator of first epic written in Bangla was born in 24th January, 1828 at Sagordari of Keshobpur Upazilla situated in Jessore. His great grandfather Ramkishore Dutta was a resident of Gopalpur village of Tala Upazilla of Satkhira District. Modhusudan’s father Rajnarayan Dutta was made landlord of Sagordari and he built this famous house of Sagordari. In the village of Sagardari of Keshabpur upazila, the house of poet Madhukasudan Dutta is situated on the bank of the river Kopotakkho. An old two storey and multiple single storey buildings combine together in this house. In 26th October of 1965, government has declared this as an archeological site. At present a museum and library has been established at this house. The museum has a collection of furniture, utensils and other belongings used by the poet's family. In 1968, Department of Archeology renovated this house and built boundary wall, a gate, a cultural arena and reception building for the visitors. Surrounding this ancestral house of Madhusudan, Zilla Parishad Dakbanglow and Sagardari Tourism Centre is established.

Madhumela has become a part of Jessore's tradition. The fair is organized every year on the occasion of Michel Madhusudan Dutta's birth anniversary in the end of January under the direct supervision of the district administration. It is said that after the death of poet, his niece poet Manokumari Bose had first organized a memorial of this poet in Sagardari. Since that time Madhumelara was being venerated there. Madhumela is one of the biggest fairs in Bangladesh with attractions like varieties of stalls of local products, cultural performance, folk songs and drama shows where a spectacle of Bengali tradition and culture can be found.

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