Hotel Girvaan is happy to welcome you!
Come alone or bring your family with you, stay here for a night or weeks, or stay here while on a business trip or tourist trip - either way our hotel is the best family hotel in Murshidabad.
Feel free to contact us anytime in case you have any questions or concerns.Hotel Girvaan Facilities ->
- MODERN AND COMFORTABLE ROOMS A.C. AND NON A.C.
- VERY WELL MAINTAINED & CLEAN ROOMS
- 24 HR HOT / COLD WATER
- FREE WIFI CONNECTIVITY
- SMART TV IN ALL ROOMS
- BOOKING ON TELEPHONE
- LIFT FACILITIES
- WEEKEND TOUR ( 2- 3 DAYS ) PACKAGES
- IDEAL PLACE FOR FAMILY
- BENGALI DELICIOUS FOOD AT A RESONABLE PRICE
- 24/7 POWER SUPPLY & ROOM SERVICE
Tourist Places Near Hotel Girvaan ->
- HAZARDUARI PALACE & MUSEUM
- MADINA MOSQUE
- THE BACHCHAWALI TOPE
- IMAMBARA
- WASEF MANZIL
- MOTIJHEEL
- KATRA MOSQUE
- JAHANKOSHA CANON
- KATHGOLA BAGANBARI
- NASIPUR RAJBARI
- JAGAT SETH'S HOUSE
- KHOSHBAGH
- KIRITESWARI TEMPLE
- DAHAPARA DHAM
- CHAR BANGLA TEMPLE
- RADHA MADHAB MANDIR
- COSSIMBAZAR THE PALACE OF THE NANDIS
- COSSIMBAZAR PALACE OF THE ROYS
From Hotel Girvaan you can catch an Electric Rickshaw or Historical Tanga Ride to visit the above mentioned historical places.
Hotel Girvaan Address ->
Hotel Girvaan,Opposite Of Lalbag S.D.O. Office, Lalbag, PO+PS+DIST: Murshidabad, Pin Code: 742149, West Bengal, India
For Booking Please Call: +91 - 9800657156
How To Reach Hotel Girvaan From Kolkata
Train Route -> From the Sealdah Station, you can catch the Hazarduari Express, Bhagirathi Express, and Lalgola Passenger to reach the Murshidabad Station. From the railway station, Hotel Girvaan is a 10-minute drive. Electric rickshaws are available for hire at the station premises to take you to the Hotel Girvaan.
From the Howrah Station you can take the Kamrup Express or the Howrah-Malda Janshatabdi Express or any other train coming via Azimgang Junction or Khagraghat Road Station. Private cars, auto-rickshaws or electric rickshaws are easily available for hire to reach Hotel Girvaan.
Bus Route -> Catch a bus from Dharmatala Bus Stand, Kolkata and come to Berhampore Bus Stand. Please catch an auto rikshaw or electric rickshaws to reach Hotel Girvaan, Lalbag.
For Booking Please Call: +91 - 9800657156
Hazarduari Palace & Museum
- The Hazarduari Palace, or the palace with a thousand doors is the chief tourist attraction of Murshidabad. This three-storey palace was built in 1837 by Duncan McLeod for the Nawab Najim Humaun Jah, descendent of Mir Zafar.
- The museum in the palace has an exquisite collection of armoury, splendid paintings, exhaustive portraits of the Nawabs, various works of art.
MADINA MOSQUE
- The Madina Mosque is a mosque in the Nizamat Fort Campus in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. There are two Madina mosques in the fort campus, the old one built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah during the 18th century.and the new one by Nawab Mansur Ali Khan in 1847.
- The old mosque lies on the west of the clock tower and just beside the Bacchawali Tope.
THE BACHCHAWALI TOPE
- Bacchawali Tope (literal translation: The cannon which induces child birth) is a cannon which lies in the Nizamat Fort Campus on the garden space between the Nizamat Imambara and the Hazarduari Palace.
- The Bachchawali Tope (canon) was made between the 12th and the 14th century, probably by the Mohammedan rulers of Gour, and requires about 18 Kg of gun powder for a single shelling.
IMAMBARA
- The Nizamat Imambara (Bengali: নিজামত ইমামবাড়া) is a Shia Muslim congregation hall (imambara) in Murshidabad, India. It was built in 1740 AD by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah and rebuilt in 1847 by Nawab Mansur Ali Khan after it was destroyed by the fires of 1842 and 1846. It is frequently mentioned as the largest imambara in the world
WASEF MANZIL
- Wasif Manzil (also known as Wasef Manzil and New Palace) was built by Nawab Wasif Ali Mirza Khan under the direction and supervision of Mr. Vivian, officer of the Public Works Department of the Nadia Rivers Division and Surendra Barat, a Bengali engineer.
- This building is built on the Nizamat Fort Campus between the campus's Dakshin Darwaza (south gate) and the Hazarduari Palace.
MOTIJHEEL
- Motijheel, literal translation: Pearl Lake, is a horse-shoe shaped lake in Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. It was created by Nawazish Muhammad Khan, the son-in-law of Nawab Alivardi Khan. He also constructed a precious palatial palace beside this lake which is called the Sang-i- dalan which is also known as the Motijhil Palace.It was used as the residence of Nawazish and Ghaseti Begum, Nawazish's beloved wife
KATRA MOSQUE
- The Katra Masjid is a mosque and the tomb of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan. It was built during the 18th century, when the early modern Bengal Subah was a major hub of trade in Eurasia. The Katra Masjid is located in the north eastern side of the city of Murshidabad, in the Indian state of West Bengal. The most striking feature of the structure are the two large corner towers having loopholes for musketry.
JAHANKOSHA CANON
- The cannon was made in 1637 by Janardan Karmakar, a blacksmith and gunsmith, under the instructions of Daroga Shere Mohammad and under the supervision of Hara Ballav Das. The cannon was made in Dacca, when Shah Jahan was the Mughal emperor, at the instance of Islam Khan, who was the Subedar of Bengal. However, the cannon has several other names like the "Great Gun", the "Destroyer of the world", and so on.
KATHGOLA BAGANBARI
- Kathgola Palace is a four-storeyed palatial palace in the Kathgola Gardens. It has an ornamented facade with paintings, mirrors and furniture.Beside the palace is a small pond and a baoli.
- There is one temple named Adinath Temple also known as Paresh Nath Temple or Kathgola Temple is situated in the Kathgola Gardens. It is a temple dedicated to Bhagawan Adishvar.
NASIPUR RAJBARI
- Nashipur Rajbari of the Nashipur Raj Family is situated in Nashipur, Murshidabad, West Bengal. It was the court of the Debi Singha, who is historically renowned for being the tax collector during the British Raj.He was known for being strict against those who failed to pay taxes on time to him. Soon He became the head of the department. Debi Singha was also the founder of the Nashipur Raj Family.
JAGAT SETH'S HOUSE
- The Jagat Seth were a Bengali Jain banking family and the title of the eldest son of the family. The family sometimes referred to as the House of Jagat Seth. The house was founded by Jain Hiranand Shah from Rajasthan in 1652. House of Jagat Seth Museum was established in 1980. It contains personal possessions of the Jagat Seth family including coins of the bygone era, muslin and extravagant clothes embroidered with gold and silver threads.
KHOSHBAGH
- Khoshbagh (literally "Garden of Happiness") is the garden-cemetery of the Nawabs of Bengal, situated on the west bank of the Bhagirathi river, about a mile from its east bank, in the Murshidabad District Of West Bengal. The garden-cemetery was built by the first Nawab of Bengal, Nawab Alivardi Khan.Khoshbagh is the resting place of Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, his wife Lutf-un-nisa, Nawab Alivardi Khan, and his mother.
KIRITESWARI TEMPLE
- Kiriteswari Temple is situated in Kiritkona village of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal. This is one of the Shakti Pithas among the 51 peeths. According to the Puranas or Hindu mythology the place were named as Kiriteswari.The temple was constructed by Darpanarayan, king of Lalgola in the 19th century and this is the oldest mark of architecture amongst 51 Peethas.It is the oldest temple in the Murshidabad district.
DAHAPARA DHAM
- Picturesque Dahapara Dham is located in Murshidabad. The ashram and mandir are surrounded by lush green mango groves and a variety of other trees including 'bakul' and the famous 'chalta' trees that are characteristic and emblematic of Prabhu Jagadbandhu centers founded by Mahanam Sampraday of India. Visitors can see the wood-apple tree where Jagadbandhusundar used to crawl around in his early childhood days.
CHAR BANGLA TEMPLE
- Char Bangla Temples, are located at Baranagar in the Murshidabad-Jiaganj CD block in the Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.The temples were built by Rani Bhabani of Natore. The temples are famous for their exquisite decorations based on either mythology or daily life. David J. McCutchion mentions the Char Bangla Temples with triple entrance at Baranagar as ek-bangla temples which is hardly found in West Bengal.
RADHA MADHAB MANDIR
- Radha Madhab Mandir is hardly a ten minutes ride from Murshidabad Station. This sacred place is also known as Madhabi Kunja. In this temple, here rest the mesmerizing Radha Madhaba Deities that were brought to this place in the year 1609 AD by a devotee named Vamsivadana Ghosh. Sri Jiva Goswami had instructed Sri Vamsivadana Ghosh who was his grand disciple to establish them in Bengal.
COSSIMBAZAR THE PALACE OF THE NANDIS
- Krishna Kanta Nandi (popularly known as Kanta Mudi) provided shelter to Hastings, when he was chased by Siraj ud-Daulah’s men.After turning victorious in the Battle of Plassey, Hasting returned his favour by appointing Krishna Kanta Nandi as his agent. Krishna Kanta Nandi made a huge mansion in Cossimbazar and the interiors were decorated with pillars and arches removed from Chait Singh’s palace in Varanasi.The Palace of the Nandis is popularly known as Boro Rajbari in Cossimbazar.
COSSIMBAZAR THE PALACE OF THE ROYS
- Way back in time, when Murshidabad was the capital of the Nawabs of Bengal, Cossimbazar was a flourishing port on the Ganga So it was here —around 1700 — that Ajodhya Ram Roy of Pirojpur village decided to settle down with his family. Later the British government conferred the title of ‘Rai Bahadur’ to Annada Prosad Roy from this family. Later the title "Raja" was conferred upon his son Ashutosh Nath Roy. Meanwhile, the palace was also rebuilt.