Matrinibash, a beautiful and natural open air picnic spot just 50 Km away from Kolkata and built on an area of 6 bigha of land rich with mango plantation. Enjoy the singing of birds which will make you feel poetic and get your time with a peace.
As Devanandapur is the birth place of famous litterateur Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya. We have tried to pay a tribute to him by naming all the trees, cottages and tents with the name of his novels and stories.
Special attraction here is the constructed Launch boat. Picnics are allowed on board. It is let out to only one group. Other attractions of Matrinibash are rabbits, swan, guinea pig, turkey etc. One can see peacocks if reached early morning.
We have stay facility like tents, cottages with double bed and attached bathroom and obviously picnic at open space with quality foods at morning, afternoon and night. It has an open area of 3 bighas of land of mango, jackfruit and litchi plantation.
The other visiting areas are Bandel Church, Imambara, Hansheshwari temple and a museum at Devanandapur of famous litterateur Sarat Chandra Chattopadhya.
How to reach
By Road, you can come via BT Road/Donlop/Dakshineswar and then take Delhi Road. You have to go straight and hit the road with a 633 milepost after crossing Amar PC Factory on left side of the road.After that there is a walking distance of 67 feet approximately from the main road on right. For those who will board a train. Take the Bandel local from Howrah Station and get down at the Bandel station. Take a rickshaw or auto rickshaw from here, the distance is only 3Kms.
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