Sarat Chandra Kuthi

The house of Bengali novelist, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, in the village of Samta

Sarat Chandra Kuthi (pronounced [ʃɔrot tʃɔndro kuʈʰi]), also known as Sarat Smriti Mandir (pronounced [ʃɔrot sriti mondir]), is a house museum located in the village of Samta, in the Howrah district of West Bengal, India, on the banks of the Rupnarayan river. It is noted for being the house of Bengali novelist, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay for twelve years. The house was constructed in the year 1923 by a local worker named Gopal Das and it cost a sum of 17,000. During the 1978 West Bengal floods, the structure had suffered damage, following which the government undertook its repair. Sarat Chandra Kuthi is a heritage-historical site protected under the West Bengal Heritage Commission Act (IX) of 2001. Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's works such as Devdas, Baikunther Will (Baikuntha's Will), Dena Paona (Debts and Dividends), Datta (Bethroed), and Nishkriti (Deliverance) among others were serialised during his stay at Sarat Chandra Kuthi. He also wrote Ramer Sumati and Mahesh among others during his stay in the house.