The Dhanshiri is located in the

Jhalokati District Jhalokathi District officially Jhalakathi District, () is a district in southern Bangladesh. It is located in the Barisal Division and covers an area of 758.06 km2. It is bounded by Barisal district to the north, Barguna district to the east ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

. Over time, it has become narrower than it once was.

Significance

Local lore suggests that poet

Jibanananda Das Jibanananda Das (17 February 1899 – 22 October 1954) was a Bengali poet, writer, novelist and essayist in the Bengali language. Popularly called "Rupashi Banglar Kabi'' ('Poet of Beautiful Bengal'), Das is the most read Bengali poet after Rab ...

had a maternal uncle in Bamankathi village, now part of today's

Rajapur Upazila Rajapur () is an upazila (sub-district) of southern Bangladesh's Jhalokati District, which is a part of Barisal Division. Geography Rajapur is located at . It has 28,131 households and a total area of 164.59 km2. History Rajapur Upazila i ...

. During his childhood visits, he fell in love with the natural beauty of the Dhanshiri River. He poignantly referenced it in his poem "Ābāra āsiba phirē" (I will come back again):

References

Rivers of Bangladesh Rivers of Barisal Division {{Bangladesh-river-stub