Photography exhibit on Ruplal House at Drik
A solo photography exhibition by Mohammad Ibrahim titled “Ruplal House - Waiting for a Light of Resurrection” is set to begin tomorrow in the capital's Drik Gallery. The three-day exhibit is Ibrahim's second solo.
The exhibition focuses on Ruplal House (formerly known as Aratoon House), located in south-eastern part of Dhaka, in the Shyambazar area). Famous Armenian businessman Aratoon built the great house in 1825 which was later bought by two merchants - Ruplal Das and his brother Raghunath Das in 1840. The building is an example of late-Renaissance European architecture introduced during the British colonial period. There are some fifty rooms and an elegantly designed western-style dance hall with wooden floor in the upper floor. This magnificent piece of Old Dhaka has the potential to become a heritage showpiece of the city and a tourist attraction, and the exhibition also looks to draw attention to it for conservation efforts to take place.
Eminent Historian and Writer Professor Muntasir Mamun will inaugurate the exhibit tomorrow at 4pm.
Comments