Dhanshiri River

This article is about the river in Bangladesh. For the river in Assam, see Dhansiri River.

The Dhanshiri is located in the Jhalokati District of Bangladesh. Over time, it has become narrower than it once was.^[1]

Dhanshiri River
Location of mouth
Location
Country	Bangladesh
District	Jhalokati District

4km
2.5miles

Dhanshiri River

   

Significance

Local lore suggests that poet Jibanananda Das had a maternal uncle in Bamankathi village, now part of today's Rajapur Upazila. During his childhood visits, he fell in love with the natural beauty of the Dhanshiri River.^[2] He poignantly referenced it in his poem "Ābāra āsiba phirē" (I will come back again):

I will come back again to Bengal, to this Dhansiri riverside
Maybe not as a man — but a shalik, or white-crest kite;
Or a dawn crow maybe, new-rice-time, in misty flight
To this jackfruit-tree-shade one Kartik day will glide.^[3]