Legend relates that the scholar Mayur Bhatta established this temple home six hundred years ago after a divine serpent encounter in the household garden. The heritage compound contains five historical brick buildings, including temples dedicated to Manasa, Durga and Kali, alongside an old musicians' gallery known as a nahabatkhana. An antique brass idol of Manasa recovered from the Kirtinasha river is preserved in the main shrine. Families from the neighbourhood still assemble here during seasonal Hindu festivals.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; cycle rickshaw from town centre about ৳20
How to get to Dhanuka Manasa Bari
In Dhanuka, Ward 7 of Shariatpur municipality, roughly 1.5 km west of the town centre. A cycle rickshaw from Court Road takes under 10 minutes.
Shariatpur town is about 72 km from Dhaka, around 2 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Shariatpur guide.
More to see in Shariatpur
Photo: Jubair Bin Iqbal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Padma Bridge Jazira Viewpoint পদ্মা সেতু জাজিরা প্রান্ত
The southern landing point of Bangladesh's massive road-rail bridge, offering sweeping vistas across the Padma.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free to view from riverbank embankments; bus fare from Shariatpur town about ৳60–80
Fatehjangpur Fort ফতেহজংপুর দুর্গ
The historic sixteenth-century battlefield where Mughal general Raja Man Singh defeated the Baro-Bhuiyan ruler Raja Kedar Roy.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; auto-rickshaw from Shariatpur town about ৳70–100 each way
Photo: Radman Siddiki, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Rudrakar Shiva Math রুদ্রকর মঠ
A towering late nineteenth-century brick math rising over 60 feet with intricate surface niches in rural Shariatpur.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; easy-bike from Shariatpur town roughly ৳30 each way