Muraridev Ghoshal Bhattacharya established this estate around 1634 during the reign of Maharaja Pran Narayan of Cooch Behar, who granted lands in exchange for a nominal rent paid in rice husks or tush, giving the area its name. The estate flourished for centuries until the passing of Girindra Mohan Roy Choudhury in 1935, after which the family dispersed. What stands today includes surviving brick gateways, weathered temple pavilions, ruined two-storey residential wings and large dighis overgrown with water lilies. It offers a reflective glimpse into early landlord rule in the Dooars borderland.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; bus from Lalmonirhat town about ৳40–60 each way; rickshaw to the ruins ৳20
How to get to Tushbhandar Zamindar Bari
About 25 km north-west of Lalmonirhat town in Kaliganj upazila. Local buses or easy-bikes reach Tushbhandar bazar in about 45 minutes.
Lalmonirhat town is about 342 km from Dhaka, around 8 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Lalmonirhat guide.
More to see in Lalmonirhat
Teesta Barrage তিস্তা ব্যারেজ
Bangladesh's largest irrigation barrage, stretching over six hundred metres across the Teesta with forty-four sluice gates.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Free to visit; local bus from Lalmonirhat to Hatibandha about ৳80–100, then easy-bike to the barrage ৳30–50
Photo: Kingshuk Mondal, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Tin Bigha Corridor and Dahagram তিন বিঘা করিডোর ও দহগ্রাম
A narrow geopolitical access strip through Indian territory connecting the mainland to the former Dahagram-Angarpota enclave.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Free; bus from Lalmonirhat town to Patgram about ৳120–150; CNG from Patgram to the corridor round trip roughly ৳400–600
Photo: Nahid Sultan This work was made by Nahid Sultan and released under the, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Harano Masjid হারানো মসজিদ
Archaeological brick foundations of an ancient mosque in Panchagram, discovered in 1986 under jungle overgrowth.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free; easy-bike or auto-rickshaw from Lalmonirhat town roughly ৳150–250 round trip