Baldah Garden's sundial: A rare timepiece of Dhaka!
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Baldah Garden at Wari has more than one claim to fame. It is among those few places in the capital where there is a lot of greenery and even a pond. The garden is a popular spot for morning walks and evening hangouts. Within the compound, there is Joy House where Rabindranath Tagore once stayed.
But amidst all that, Baldah Garden -- founded in 1909, by Narendra Narayan Roy Chaudhury, landlord of the Baldah estate (according to Banglapedia) -- also has a sundial, a "shurjo ghori", as is written on it.
A sundial, simply put, is an archaic device of telling time. Not your ordinary clock!
It is a rare sight in the modern world. The sundial in Old Dhaka's Wari sits silently, often ignored, but offering amusement for keen visitors who come across it.
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