The Dhanshiri is a river in the Jhalokati District of Bangladesh. It is narrower than it once was.[1]
| Dhanshiri River | |
|---|---|
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| District | Jhalokati District |
Significance
Local lore has it that poet Jibanananda Das had a maternal uncle in Bamankathi village (in today's Rajapur Upazila), and during his childhood visits there, he fell in love with the natural beauty of the Dhanshiri River.[2] He wrote of it poignantly 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]
References
22°35′37″N 90°09′52″E / 22.5935°N 90.1645°E