Heritage · Azimganj, India
Overview
Bari Kothi is the ancestral home of the Dudhoria family in Azimganj, on the banks of the Bhagirathi River. Closed for decades and painstakingly restored, the late eighteenth-century mansion now offers an intimate way to explore the history of Murshidabad and the Sheherwali Jain community.
Its 15 suites occupy the original rooms of the house. Antique beds, cabinets, chairs and artefacts have been restored and returned to the interiors, while each suite is dedicated to a member of the family who once lived here. Three categories range from intimate Heritage Suites to expansive Maharaja Heritage Suites.
A stay can be shaped around palace and temple visits, silk weaving, Baul and Fakiri music, Sheherwali cooking, sunset tea on the river, yoga, pottery, Kantha and block-printing. Many of the people who cook, guide and share these stories are from Azimganj itself.
Rooms
15 suites. Heritage Suites, Royal Heritage Suites, Maharaja Heritage Suites.
Dining
Meals centre on Sheherwali cuisine, a distinctive vegetarian tradition shaped by Jain, Rajasthani, Bengali and Mughal influences. Dining can unfold in the restored rooms, beside the river or through farm visits and cooking sessions with the chef.
Facilities
Regional recipes and family food traditions served across the mansion's historic dining spaces.
Sunset tea, boat journeys and riverside yoga make the river part of the stay.
Baul and Fakiri music, Raibeshe dance, storytelling, pottery, Kantha and block-printing can be arranged.
Meet Tantipara weavers, follow silk from cocoon to yarn and try weaving initials into silk.
Location
Restored riverside mansion in Azimganj. Our Delhi team arranges transfers and can pair this stay with anywhere else on your route.
An early morning walk through Jain temples and the merchant havelis of Azimganj.
Murshidabad's grand nineteenth-century palace and museum beside the Bhagirathi River.
An eighteenth-century mosque and tomb complex built by Murshid Quli Khan.
A museum recalling the powerful banking family who shaped Bengal's commercial history.
Our Delhi team will build it into a journey that suits how you travel, and tell you honestly if somewhere else would suit you better.
Bari Kothi
Azimganj, India
