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We are proud to
be a Bangladeshi not only historical &
cultural wealth but also our natural panorama.
But many of us didn’t get the opportunity
to see the beauty even not known about
the traveling places of our country. Before
going to Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore
or India, you must first see the beauty
of your own country and realize the treasure
spread all over Bangladesh. We would have
to know the place or places vividly and
try to give recent information of the
places. If you feel inspire to go to the
place, we will be successful.
Well, what we've tried to do here is to
take a trip from Tetulia, the north-west
point of Bangladesh to St Martin, the
south-east point, and explore this vast
cornucopia of natural delights that is
Bangladesh. For traveling we’ll
use road and river way. Now pack your
bags, and let's start a virtual journey
from Tetulia. |
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Rajshahi
Division |
Tetulia
is situated in the district Panchagar,
at the North West boundary of Bangladesh
near the India border, the zero point
namely ‘banglabandha’. Indian’s
Shiliguri or Nepal area is near on the
border point. From Dhaka to Tetulaia is
510 km and Tetulia to Dinajpur is 78 km.
In Tetulia, you can see the beautiful
river ‘Mahananda’ which is
very much tidal and take rest or stay
at night on the “Dakbanglo”
as permission from UNO. The Banglo is
govt. rest house which has a monument
of Independence. The border area clearly
shows men and vehicles of India from the
veranda of the rest house. From Tetulia
we would take the Asian Highway Route
A-2 (yes, the one that connects a lot
of Asian countries) to Dinajpur. On the
way we’ll passes Thakurgaon district
and find the Kantajees Temple (before
12 km from Dinajpur town), one of the
great archeological beauty. Kantajee's
Temple (construction started 1722 and
finished 1752 AD) is one of the oldest
temples among late medieval Hindu temples
of Bangladesh is situated at Kantanagar
village. You can see a miniature of the
temple in the Heritage park of Concord
(Jamtola, Savar, Dhaka), but actual beauty
of the temple is extraordinary which can
only be realize by standing on the front
of that. To reach at Dinajpur town you
can stay at Parjatan Motel, Hotel Diamond
or residential facility of NGO “Pallishree”.
Dinajpur is one of the big district and
very much calm and quite. The Rajbari,
Maharaja's palace with relics of the past
centuries and local museum are worth a
visit. You can also see the Dinajur Govt.
College, Hazi Danesh Science & Technological
University, Wheat Reasearch Center, Ramsagar
Dighi and Boropukuria Coal Mining. In
these, Ramsagar (great sea) lake is special
one, not only historical places but also
a natural tourist spot. A park including
artificial zoo is on beside the lake.
Dinajpur is famous for Litchis, special
rice like katarivogh & kaligira and
dry rice Chira. On the way from Dinajpur
to Joypurhat we’ll see the ‘Sapnawpuri’,
the most beautiful artificial tourist
spots in North Bengal & ‘Sitakot’,
the archeological site. From Dinajpur
town we’ll go to Rangpur.
On the way from Dinajpur to Rangpur (about
80 km), we’ll first cross Syedpur
or Nilphamari. In Sayedpur there is the
northest airport of Bangladesh. Rangpur
is one of the largest districts in north
Bengal famous for ‘bhaoya song’.
The town is known as Green town for its
beautiful garden and Green Park throughout
the town. Recently established ‘Bhinna
jagat’ is one of the main attractions
of tourist. The ‘Pairabondh’
village, half an hour drive away from
Rangpur city, is famous for the birth
place of Begum Rokeya, the torch bearer
of women literacy. In ‘Pairabondh’
a museum and women's training center was
established. Apart from Tajhat Rajbari
Museum there is another museum at the
heart of the town. The Rangpur Zoo, Carmichel
College area and Rangpur Zilla School
(est.1832) also can be visited. For shopping,
Rangpur has two large shopping complexes;
one is the older "Super Market",
a three-storied building and another is
modern Jahaj Company Moore Shopping Complex
which has Rangpur's only escalator. Karupannya
is another store on Station Road which
sells Rangpur's famous ‘Satranji’
handloom carpets, which have earned acclaim
for their extraordinary aesthetic appeal.
‘Burimari’ in Lalmonirhat
& ‘Raumari’ in Kurigram
district are two land ports. Jalpaiguri
of India is near on the border of ‘Burimari’.
Then we’ll go to the Buddist Bihar
area of Naogaon through the district Gaibangha
& Joypurhat. In Naogaon you should
see the Paharpur Buddist bihar situated
in Paharpur village including a Temple
of 8th Century A.D. and Museum. We can
also visit some Buddhist bihar like Jagaddal
Bihar, Holud Bihar, as historical place.
From Naogaon only 50 km road journey to
Bogra where we’ll see the oldest
archeological site of Bangladesh i.e Mahastangar
(established in 2500 BC). Mahastangar
is located at 18 km north from Bogra town
on the western bank of river korotoa where
we see the Gobinda Vita Temple, Gobinda
Medh, Parasuramer Bedi, Jiyan Kunda, Behula’s
basar ghar etc. The site museum and the
shrine of Shah Balkhi Mahisawer are also
tourist attraction. In Bogra town we’ll
taste famous ‘bagura’s doi’
and visit Shahnewaj Park, Nabab Bari etc.
From Bogra we’ll go to Rajshahi,
a divisional town.
Rajshahi is situated on the bank of River
Padma, famous for pure silk, mangoes and
litchis. There are also a number of ancient
mosques, shrines and temples in and around
of Rajshahi. In monsoon the great Padma
is in full spate with its tides and waves
whereas in winter it dwindles and you
will feel the desert by the side of river.
But in evening time walking on the side
of the river Padma gives you memorable
pleasure (specially in winter). At the
bank of Padma the Shrine of Shah Mokhdum
(RA) is situated, you can pray for the
salvation of the soul of the great saint.
A visit to Borendra Research Museum (est.1910),
at the heart of the city would be most
rewarding to see the excellent antiques
& archeological collection of Paharpur,
Mohasthangar and Mohenjodaro. You can
also visit Rajshahi University area and
enjoy the green field, innumerable trees,
statue, Shahid Smriti Sangraha Shala etc.
Patisar is about a few kilometers from
Rajshahi, a place with the memory of Rabindranath.
You can also visit to Puthia which has
the largest number of historically important
Hindu structures; the most amazing one
is the Govinda Temple.
Then Chapai Nawabganj, famous for Garden
of Mango Trees. If you go there in the
summer (May-July), excellent mango will
be available there and any other seasons
the mango trees seen Kilometers after
Kilometers on side of the highway. Sona
Masjid, the prototype of the Chotosonamasjid
in Gour, is also an attraction of tourist
in border area. The Graveyard of Birsheshtra
Capt. Mahiuddin Jahangir on the yard of
the mosque. Then we can go to the Shrine
of Shah Niamat Ullah (RA) and adjacent
beautiful mosque and near on the ‘Tohakhana’
built by Shah Suja besides the dighi is
also a tourist spot. Then the border point
‘Sonamasjid’ and we can see
the Maldaha of India. About 40 km. from
Rajshahi by roads is Natore, we’ll
see the Dighapatia Palace which is a beautiful
palace now serving as the Uttara Gonobhaban.
You can also see the Rani Bhabani’s
Palace or try to find out Natorer Banalata
Sen. From Natore we’ll go to Pabna
(about 70 km) to see the 100 years old
Mental Hospital, once it was the only
mental treatment house in this sub continent.
In the town, you can visit Edward College
(1856) & Railway colony area. These
areas have many trees, which are over
100 years old. Beside the colony the river
Padma and the Hardinge Bridge is attractive
areas for visiting. Uttara EPZ has already
started. If we go to Kustia by road or
by railway, we’ll pass the Pakshee
Bridge or Hardinge Bridge (1.8 km long),
the second largest railway bridge in Bangladesh,
connected Paksey (Pabna) and Bheramara
(Kustia) stations. The environment and
natural site of Pakshee is very nice.
Another bridge named Lalon Shah Bridge
(1.84 km long), second longest bridge
in road way beside the Harding's Bridge
has recently been constructed. But we
don’t pass over the bridges. From
Pabna we’ll go to Shahjadpur Rabindra
kuthibari in Sirajgonj district (about
75 km from Pabna Town). There is two storied
building now converted as a museum; you
can see the daily usage material of ‘kabi
Guru’. The back on the kuthibari
you’ll see the Isamati river. The
Pabna & Sirajganj area are now famous
for Dairies and fisheries. Many healthy
cows you’re looking on the field
and big lake of fisheries are available
in these areas. After complete traveling
the 16 districts of Rajshahi Division
we’ll go to Dhaka division by crossing
the river Jamuna on the Bangabandhu (Jamuna)
bridge (4.81 km long), the 11th longest
bridge in the world. |
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Dhaka Division |
By crossing Jamuna River we enter Tangail,
a district of Dhaka division; can stay
in Jamuna Resort and see the night view
of Jamuna Bridge. Tangail is famous for
porabari’s chamcham and tangail
Sharee. You should go to the ‘tant
palli’ (village of handloom workers)
and also visit to Karatia Sadat College,
Maulana Bhasani University of Science
& Technology, Kagmari M.M. Ali College
established by Maulana Bhasani. The Atia
Masjid (1610) situated at Atia village
under Delduar Thana is also a tourist
attraction. Then we’ll go to the
Modhupur National Park to see the wild
life beauty which is 34 km from Tangail
town. From Tangail we’ll go to Jamalpur,
famous town for boutiques Work. Maximum
house of the town you can see the signboard
of boutique shop. After buy the boutique
items like panjabi, fatua, nakshee katha
etc we can go to Sherpur district and
visit Gazni Abakash centre under Jhinaigati
thana. The artificial amusement park,
traveling by boat on the lake, climbing
on the Watching tower to see the area
of India’s Meghalay is so enjoyable.
Then we’ll go to Netrokona and visit
to Susang durgapur, a tourist attraction.
The Garo Hill, tribal life of the border
area will give some exceptional experience.
But moving in this area is real troublesome
due to the location and communication
problem. It is advisable only to go there
in winter season. Then reached to Mymensing,
visit Muktaghasa to taste ‘muktagasa’s
monda’, the famous sweet. World
famous painter Zainul Abedin's Art Gallery
at Mymensingh town is worth visiting.
We also visit krishi University, a nice
place with scenic beauty. From town 20
km journey to Kazir Shimla and Trishal,
memorial place of Kazi Nazrul Islam, our
national poet. Then we’ll go to
Kishoreganj and visit Shah Muhammad Mosque
(1680) at Egarasindhur under Pakundia
upazila of Kishoreganj district, less
than half a kilometre to the east of the
Sadi Mosque (1652). We can also visit
bajitpur medical college and adjacent
dairy firm. Then we’ll go to Gazi
pur district, famous for shalban and picnic
spot. The Bhawaler gar is very special
place for bhaoal Raja’s palace and
related myths. Bhawal National Park is
a vast (1,600 acres) national recreational
forest with Picnic spots; jangles of Gajari
trees surrounded by a beautiful lake.
Joydebpur, Chandra’s Shalban (the
forest of ‘Shal’ tree), Shafipur
Ansar Academy adjacent Industrial area,
all are beautiful place to visit and recreation
or picnic. Nandan Park, near the Dhaka
Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) and Fantasy
Kingdom, Water Kingdom and Heritage Park,
all these artificial amusement park are
situated in Savar. The ‘Shritisoudha’
(National Martyr’s Memorial) are
at Nabinagar, fantastic place to memorize
our national heroes. The Jahangir Nagar
University area is a place with scenic
beauty. Then Dhaka town, famous as capital
city of Bangladesh, having a sweet blending
of the old and new architectural trends,
has been developing fast as a modern city.
Now we first choose to travel the tourist
spot and attractive historical and archeological
place of Dhaka town and then cover Munshiganj,
Narayangnaj and Norsingdi.
Dhaka is almost the center of Bangladesh.
It is rich in historical place and cultural
activities. Dhaka is one of the oldest
city of age 400 years. You can find a
lot of things to see… there is no
end to it. The following lists few of
the possible major areas…. Ahsan
Monjil, standing on the river Buriganga,
stately offers the visitors a feeling
of the life-style of the Nawabs of Dhaka,
now houses a splendid museum. Lalbagh
Fort is also in the old town, has many
hidden passages and a mosque of massive
structures with Tomb of Pari Bibi (Fairy
lady) and Hummam Khana (bathing place)
of Nawab Shaista Khan, now housing a museum.
Boro Katra (enclosed quadrangle building)
and Choto Katra are also situated in old
town on the bank of Buriganga. Dhaka,
the city of mosques, can boast of having
hundreds of splendid, beauteous houses
of Allah (SWT) built by rulers, Islam-preaching
saints and individuals. Star Mosques and
Baitul Mukarram National Mosque are very
special. Dhakesswari Temple, JoyKali Mandir,
Buddhist Temple, Armenian Church, St.
Mary’s Cathedral and Guruduara Nanak
Shahi Shikh Temple are the prayer houses
of other religious followers. We can visit
National Museum to see an excellent collection
of our history and get information of
our country. Recently a lot of Museums
are available for visitors like Muktijuddha
Jadughar (Freedom Fighters Museum), Science
Museum, Postal Museum, Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman Museum, Nazrul Museum,
Ekattorer Dinguli, Bangali Samagra etc.
The garden or natural park such as Botanical
Garden, Baladha Garden, Ramna Park, Sorowardi
Uddan all are famous for greenish place
with collection of varieties of trees,
plants and arcades. The Dhaka University
area, having a blending of education,
heritage, history and beauty with a large
green field, a lot of trees, Library,
Class room including Curjon Hall, monument
and Statues such as Aparajeya Bangla,
Raju Sculpture, shoparjito shadhinata
etc. The area also include Central Shahid
Minar, the Graveyard of Three leaders,
Shishu Academy with a museum, DUCSU collection,
Shrine of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam,
the Institute of Arts and Crafts with
its representative collection of folk
art and paintings, handicraft shops..
can’t possible to complete. The
National Parliament, Bangabhaban, Nagarbhaban,
Bangladesh Bank, Kamlapur Railway Station
have some exceptional architectural beauty.
For Kids visiting places are Shishu Park,
Gulshan Wonderland, Shaymolee Shishumela
can be mentioned. National Zoo is the
collection of varieties of animal &
birds and Novotheater are the first planetarium
of Bangladesh.
The famous Bikrampur are mainly the place
at present name is Munshiganj. In the
ancient period (beginning of 10th to 13th
Century AD) Bikrampur was undoubtedly
the most important political center in
the Banga janapada. The name of Bikramapur
survived in the name of a pargana in the
Mughal period. The world famous scientist,
politician, writer, businessman are born
in this area. The famous tourist places
are Idrakpur fort (1660), Panditer vita
(birth place of Atish Dipankar Srigan)
at Bajrayogini village, Baba Adam's Mosque,
Dighi of Raja Haris chandra, home stead
of Raja Ballal Sen, home stead of Raja
Sreenath at Rampal, Rampal Dighi; the
residence of the world famous scientist
Jagadish Chandra basu and writer Humayun
Azad at Rarikhal village under Sreenagar
thana; archaeological heritage Shyamsiddhir
Math, Sholaghar Math and Bhagyakul Rajbari.
In Narayanganj district Sonargaon (about
29 km from Dhaka) is also one of the oldest
capitals of Bengal. It was the seat of
Deva Dynasty until the 13th century and
from that century onward till the advent
of the Mughals, Sonargaon was the subsidiary
capital of the Sultanate of Bengal. Now,
the tourist attractions are the buildings
of the old dynasties, Goaldia Mosque and
the Folklore Museum. Recently some picnic
spot developed in Rupganj area namely
Russel Park, Zinda Park, Tajmahal all
are artificial and natural beautiful place.
Uery Botesshar, an archeological place
of ancient civilization of Bangladesh
is found in Belabo thana in Narsingdi
district.
When we travel to Khulna division we will
passes the district Manikganj, Faridpur,
Rajbari, Gopalganj, Madaripur & Shariatpur
and described the tourist place of that
districts. We’ll now go to Sylhet
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Sylhet Division |
In
Sylhet division we can start from Sylhet
town, first go to the Shrine of Hazrat
Shah Jalal which is situated at the center
point of town, and pray for the salvation
of the soul of famous Muslim saint Hazrat
Shah Jalal (RA), the great torch bearer
of Islam to this region. Then we can go
to the Shrine of Hazrat Shah Paran about
8 km east of Sylhet on the highway to
Jaintapur. The Rajbari of Jaintapur and
Gourgobindo fort also the common traveling
place. But the natural beauty can be seen
on the way to Jaflong. A lot of ‘Jharna’
or Hill top small water falls can be given
pleasure any body. If you go there in
the rainy seasons you will see the cloud
movement on the hilly top of Meghalay
(really ‘the home of cloud’).
On the ‘Tamabil’ border point
you can see the locality of Shilong of
India. The fantastic river with rolling
stone from hill can be seen in Jaflong.
Srimongal, about 80 km from Sylhet, is
famous for the largest tea gardens of
world by lush green carpet. Tea Research
Institute is also open to visitors. The
other main attraction is the Lowacherra
National Park, a wild and mysterious patch
of tropical semi-evergreen forest (part
of Bhanugach Reserve Forest) which is
only few kilometers away from Srimongal.
The great Madhab-kunda Waterfall is situated
at Borolekha Upzilla under the Moulvibazar
district. There is a lot of gas field
are available in the whole sylhet division
like Haripur, beanibazar, kailashtila,
Habiganj, Fenchuganj etc. The Sylhet valley
is formed by a beautiful, winding pair
of rivers named the Surma and the Kushiara
both of which are fed by innumerable hill
streams from the north and the south.
Sunamganj which is about 70 km far from
Sylhet, linked by road and river way is
famous as ‘Haor-baor-er-desh’
and place of Hasan Raja & Durbin Shah,
two popular folk poets. You can visit
Hasan Raja’s bhaban and Durbin Shah’s
Village to memorize their famous lyrics.
If you go in winter you’ll see verities
of migratory birds in Haor. Sylhet is
well known for its wide variety of exquisite
handicrafts, the special cane products
and the exquisitely designed fine ‘Sital
Pati’ (a kind of mattress having
natural cooling effect) are colorful souvenirs.
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Khulna Division |
After traveling of 4 districts of Sylhet
we will go to all the south area of Bangladesh.
First we go through the some districts
of Dhaka division, then South west area
that are all the districts of Khulna division,
then Barisal and lastly we’ll go
to Chittagong division, the south east
area of Bangladesh. On the way from Dhaka
to Khulna we will cross the district of
Manikganj, Rajbari & Faridpur of Dhaka
Division and Magura, Chuadanga, Meherpur,
Kustia, Jhenidaha & Jessore of Khulna
division. We’ll travel some more
area like Gopalganj, Madaripur and Shariatpur
of Dhaka Division before reached to Barisal.
On the road way to Khulna we’ll
passes Manikganj and can visit Teota Rajbari,
Navaratna temple (Teota), Baliati &
Dhankora Zamindar Bari. After Crossing
Manikganj town to Aricha we’ll passes
Tora Bridge on the River Kaliganga, one
of the largest bridge of Bangladesh. The
Teota Rajbari is under shibaloy Thana
where Aricha or Paturia Ferry ghat is
also in the same thana but the last point
of the road way to Padma. After crossing
the river by Launch or Ferry we’ll
reached at Rajbari and within 1 hour reached
at Faridpur town. Faridpur has glorious
history … Hazi Shariatullah started
the Farayzi movement in the early 1800s
against the British rulers and the movement
against the British enforcement of Indigo
cultivation was also initiated from Faridpur
under the leadership of Dudu Miah. The
Chamcham, special sweet available in Rajbari
& Faridpur area not like the chamcham
of porabari’s of Tangail. The town
had a prison since 1825 and the Zilla
School there was founded in 1840 - making
it one of the oldest schools of the country.
River Research Institute, a Govt research
organization is also an interesting place.
Ambika babu’s Lake and field are
named by the famous politician Ambika
Charan Majumder. The college area of Baitul
Aman, extension of Govt. Rajendra College
has natural beauty. The dargah of Aatrashi
pir is situated at Sadarpur Thana. Baisrashi
Babu Bari, Kobi Jasimuddin's house is
also famous tourist spot.
Magura 20 km from Faridpur (165 km from
Dhaka), have some notable archaeological
heritage and relics like Ghat of Nader
Chand, tomb of Pir Mokerram Ali, tomb
of Garib Shah, remnants of the Rajbari
of Raja Sitaram Roy at Sreepur. We’ll
passes on the Jhenidah to reach the Chuadanga,
stands on the bank of Mathabhanga River
and near border point on the Nadia district
of west bengal of India. From Chuadanga
to Meherpur only 25 km journey by road
we’ll go to the Kuthibari which
has memories of English East India Co’s
activity, an indigo tree is still in there.
Mujibnagar Located at a distance of about
7km. from the town of Meherpur. In 1971,
April 17 First provisional revolutionary
Government of Bangladesh was declared
and took oath in the Mango garden of Meherpur,
the place now called Mujibnagar. A beautiful
monument is build and the total complex
is designed and developed with the memory
of freedom fights of Bangladesh. From
Meherpur to Kustia, about 60 Km road way
to reach the town, but we first go to
Shilaidaha Rabindra kuthibari. Prince
Darkanath Tagore, father-in-law of great
poet Robindranath Tagore, was made this
Thakur bari. Now it is a museum where
you can see the daily usage materials
of Tagore family. In Kustia town we’ll
visit the Shrine of Lalan Shah, the great
folk singer of Bangladesh. His folk songs
are popularly known as Lalan Geeti, if
you can enjoy that from the ‘baul’
of that Akhra it will simply unforgettable.
Then Kustia to Jessore via Jhenidah, reached
the Jessore town we’ll taste the
Jamtola’s Rosogolla, a famous local
Sweet. Jessore, belongs to the ancient
Samatat Janapada is also famous for handicraft
specially Nakhsi katha. We can collect
that as a souvenir and go to Sagardari,
the place of Great poet Michael Modhusudon
Datta, famous for his wonderful composition
of sonnets. You can see the Michel Modhusudon
museum, where the daily usage materials
of the great poet are keep in organized
way. From the complex area statue of poet,
the birth place is identified. From there
you can visit Kopotakkhaya Nod, the favourite
river of the great poet ‘satata
he nod tumi poro mor mone’. ‘Benapole’
border area is on Jessore to entrance
the west Bengal or Calcutta of India.
Then we will go to Norail, situated on
the bank of River Chitra, the place of
famous artist S.M Sultan. His art are
placed besides the world famous Picaso,
Matis & others painting in the same
self in the Museum of England. You can
visit the house of this great artist,
his organization Shishu palli and the
bazra. From Norail we come back to Jessore
and then go to Khulna. In Khulna town
you can visit Khulna Museum and Zoo. From
khulna we will go to Mongla, the second
largest seaport of Bangladesh. On the
way we will across the Khan Jahan Ali
Bridge (1.36 km), the 4th longest bridge
in Bangladesh, on the Rupsha River. There
are a good number of prawn hatcheries,
cement factory and EPZ in Mongla. From
Mongla we can hire a speedboat or traveling
launch with guide to visit the Sundarban
forest area. There is two points in Khulna
division, one Mongla and another is Sharankhola
of Bagerhat district can be used to entrance
in the Sundarban. The south area of Sathkhira
is also Sundarban and hires a boat you
can go to the Uttar Talpotty, an island
of south west point with beautiful natural
scenery.
Sundarban means the forest of Sundari
trees. Its beauty lies in its unique natural
surrounding, number of unexplored natural
beaches, innumerable rivers, canals and
creeks in the forest area, one third of
which is water body making the waterways
as the only means to enter the forest.
Sundarbans is the natural habitat of the
world famous Royal Bengal Tiger, spotted
deer, crocodiles, jungle fowl, wild boar,
lizards, monkey and an innumerable variety
of beautiful birds. To feel the beauty
of Sundarban you will have to go inside
Sundarban & visit at least the most
common tourist spots of Sundarban, specially
the four-heritage side of Katka, Kachikhali
tiger point, Hiron point (Nilkamal) &
Mandarbaria. It will require minimum two
nights stay in Sundarban to visit these
spots. Dublar Char, Putni Island, Boar
Point and Jefford point are also identified
as tourist spot.
After visiting Sundarban we will go to
visit the Shrine of Khan Jahan Ali and
the Shat Gambuj Mosque at Bagerhat. Khan
Jahan Ali, the monarch without crown,
was the earliest torch bearer of Islam
in the South who laid the nucleus of an
affluent city known as 'Khalifalabad'
(present Bagerhat). He adorned his city
with numerous mosques, tanks, roads and
other public buildings, the spectacular
ruins of which are focused around the
most imposing and largest multi-domed
mosques in Bangladesh, known as the Shat-Gambuj
Masjid (Sixty domed Mosque) (160'X108').
This is one of the most beautiful archeological
and historical Mosques in Bangladesh made
by red burn mud. Besides the Mosque a
beautiful dighi and an archeological museum
is there. Shrine of Hajrat Khan Jahan
Ali is only 3 km ahead from the Shat Gambuj
Mosque. You can go there to pray for salvation
the soul of this great man and enjoy the
beauty of another dighi, adjacent the
shrine, try to find out the crocodiles
in the Dighi. Besides this Dighi a Nine
Gambuj Mosque is an attraction also for
the tourists.
Before going to Barisal we’ll go
to Gopalganj by road and visit Tungipara
Bangabandhu Mausoleum Complex, the graveyard
of great Sheikh Mujibur Rahman the father
of our nation who was killed in the year
1975, 15th August. Then Madaripur, named
after Badruddin Shah Madar (15th century)
sufi saint, Shah Madar's dargah or tomb
on the bank of the Arial Khan is visited
every year by countless people seeking
the blessings of the saint. The Madaripur
Lake also has a great view. In Shariatpur,
the tourist places are Fatehjongpur Fort,
Kedarbari, Burir Hat Mosque, Rathindra
Kanto Ghatak Chowdhury's Home, Haturia
and Kartikpur Zamindar bari and Mahishar
dighi. |
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Barisal Division |
For going to Barisal you should go to
the journey by Launch and enjoy the beauty
of river. From Sadarghat of Dhaka there
is a lot of beautiful luxury & big
launch available to go to Barisal, Patuakhali
or Bhola. On the river way you’ll
cross the river Buriganga, Dhalesshwari,
Meghna, Padma, and kirtankhola and see
the fishing boat, paltola boat, birds
etc. We can also go to Barisal on the
road way from Dhaka via Madaripur. Barisal
town is situated on the bank of Kirtonkhola,
famous for Jibananda das, ruposhi banglar
poet; Shere-e-bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq,
famous politician & governor of East
Pakistan; Aroj Ali Matubbor, philosopher.
You can see B. M. College area, Durgapur
dighi, Chakhar, the village of Fazlul
Haque and dhansiri river of Jibanananda.
If you go to Jhalokathi, Pirojpur or Barguna
road connection is available but better
way is river. From Barguna you can go
Horinghata forest, a place where deer
roaming around and sometimes the Royal
Bengal Tiger is also seen. On the road
to Kuakata under Patuakhali district you
will passes on (five) ferry to across
the river.
Kuakata is a rare place where both sun
rise and sun set have seen. The coconut
trees increase the scenic beauty of this
seashore. You can visit Buddhist Temple
where you can see one of the highest statue
of Goutom Buddha and two wells of 200
years old. Local name of the well is ‘Kua’
and ‘Kata’ is a local name
of digging a well; so was the name Kuakata.
You can also visit the life style of tribe
Rakhains & Fisherman village and enjoy
their lifestyle.
Now we can go to Bhola, the largest island
of Bangladesh. Hatia, Monpura, Char Kukrimukri’
and Nijhum dwip are the beautiful island
or locally called ‘char’ of
the Bay of Bengal. In these areas a special
‘doi’ is found which prepared
from buffalo’s milk gives different
taste. The natural scenery, wildlife and
varieties of birds can be seen in these
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Chittagong
Division |
Finally we’ll go to Chittagong division
start from Comilla just 48 Km from Dhaka.
Shalbon Buddist Bihar at Moinamoti, adjacent
museum, Lalmai Hillock, Comilla University
area all have fantastic historical and
greenish place. Bangladesh Academy for
Rural Development (BARD) & Commonwealth
War cemetery Memorial will also give pleasure
anybody. You can buy famous ‘khadi’
products from here. Brahmanbaria, a part
of Samatata Janapada of the ancient Bengal,
was the first and temporary capital of
Isa Khan was at Sarail, located at 10
km north of Brahmanbaria Town, famous
also for Sarail Dog. Agartola is the Indian
area near the border point. Some mosques
& temples are also available in which
Arifil Mosques in Sarail Thana with adjacent
Sagardighi is attractive most. Chandpur
and Feni are not famous for tourist spot.
Noakhali, ancient name Bhulua, was excavated
a canal running from the Dakatia River
through Ramganj, Sonaimudi and Chaumuhani
to divert water flow to the junction of
the rivers Meghna & Feni and was renamed
"Noakhali" after "Noa"
(new) "khal" (canal) in 1668.
The Gandhi Asram is situated about 23
km. north-west of Choumuhani town and
2 km. east of Chatkhil at Jayag in Noakhail
district. This asram was established in
the memory of historic visit of the Mahatma
Gandhi to Noakhali in 1946 and devoted
to his ideology. Before going to Chittagong
town we will see the Chandranath Temple
and Buddist Temple are in Sitakunda, 37
km from Chittagong town. The temple has
a footprint of Buddha; consider the hilltop
as a sacred place to the Buddhist follower.
There is a salt water spring 5km to the
north of Sitakunda, known as Labanakhya.
Chittagong town is the second largest
city, namely port city of Bangladesh with
a picturesque hinterland of large hill
forests and lakes. In the city main tourist
spots are Fayez Lake, War Cemetery, Circuit
house, Shrine of Bayezid Bostami and Patenga
Sea Beach. Before going to Cox’s
Bazar we can go to the hill district of
Chittagong.
The hill tracts are divided into three
districts, namely Rangamati, Khagrachari
and Bandarban. This area is covered with
a deep evergreen and deciduous forest
which is a habital of many wildlife species.
First we go to Rupomoi Rangamati and see
both the Kaptai Dam and Kaptai Lake. The
Kaptai Lake formed when the Karnaphuli
river dam was built for the purpose of
hydroelectric power project at Kaptail.
The Rangamati town is built on the hilly
area and visit on the hilly way you can
hear “Rangamatir pathelo madol baje
baje baser bashi” on your heart.
Traveling on the kaptai lake by ‘sampan’
or troller and enjoy the subholong waterfalls
and visit the subholong market, king palace
will give you a special memory. Rangamati
is the only place to visit through out
the year. It expresses her full beauty
in rainy season. Trees becoming greener,
waterfalls are in full tide, the river
Karnaphuli in her full wave in this season.
In khagrachari we can see the Tribal life
of Chakma, marma etc. You can also visit
Alutila hill which has approximately 100
meters long and very dark Cave with mysterious
beauty. The Bandarban town is built on
the hills and by its side flows the Shangu
or Shankha River. You can enjoy the journey
to Chimbuk Hill, the third highest mountain
in Bangladesh, by jig jag hilly roads.
A little distance from town is the tourist
spot “Meghla” and 8 km away
is the “Shilpropat”. There
is a spring at braili Bridge. Jadi Pagoda
(locally called Khiyang, buddist religious
structure) with its marvelous architectural
beauty adds to the scenic view of the
Chittagong hill tracts in Bangladesh.
Keokradong, the longest mountain range
is 60 km away from town; real name is
“Bijoy”. The deep forest has
varieties of wild life such as the Asian
Elephant, White Duck, Cheetah, Cobra,
Banrui, Banchagal, Shajaru and endangered
species. Dulhazra Safari Park in Chokoria
is about 56 km from Ctg. town on the highway
to Cox’s bazaar. Ramu is a typical
Buddist village about 16 km from Cox’s
Bazar on the main road to Chittagong.
There are monasteries, khyang and pagodas
containing images of Buddha in gold, bronze
and other metals in lay with precious
stones. Then we’ll reach the last
south east district of Bangladesh.
Cox’s Bazar … Wow!! Miles
of golden sand, towering cliffs, surfing
waves, rare conch shells, colorful pagodas,
Buddhist temples and tribes, delightful
sea food - this is Cox's Bazar, the tourist
capital of Bangladesh. Having the world's
longest (120 kilometers) beach sloping
gently down to the blue waters of the
Bay of Bengal, Cox's Bazar is one of the
most attractive tourist spots in the country.
Cox's Bazar is almost near the end of
Bangladesh… and still here you can
find a lot of things to see… there
is no end to it. The following lists few
of the possible major areas…. Himchari
is about 32 km. South of Cox's Bazar along
the beach, a nice place with the famous
"Broken Hills" and waterfalls
are rare sights. Inani beach is about
only half an hour's drive from Cox's Bazar,
with the sea to the west and a background
of steep hills to the east. Maheskhali
is an island off the coast of Cox's Bazar,
the hills on the coast is built the shrine
of Adinath, long stairs to go there and
its side on the same hill is Buddhist
Pagoda. Sonadia Island is about seven
kilometer of Cox's Bazar, different kinds
of shells are found on the beach. Off
the northern part of the island, there
are beds of windowpane oysters. Finally
Teknaf, situated on the Naaf River and
just at the end of the hilly regions of
the district. You can enjoy shopping in
the local market called Burmese Market
where you will find all the Burmese &
tribal hand made materials. Don’t
forget to see the Well of Ma-Thin –
which tells a sad love story of a tribal
girl with a police man, Dhiraj Bhattacharya
(who is famous next time as an actor of
India in Silent age of Cinema). You can
journey on the river and also can look
into Mayanmar, being on the opposite bank
of Naaf River. Wide sandy beach in the
backdrop of high hills with green forests
is an enchanting scene never to be forgotten.
If you driving on the beach to the last
point of Land you’ll get Shah Pari’s
Island, a beautiful place with silent
beach and from here you can see the St.
Martin Island. From Teknaf, ferries or
big launch run daily to the Island or
you can also hire a speedboat or troller
to go there. The total distance from Dhaka
to the island is 510 km and takes only
three hour to reach there. While going
there, the most amazing part is where
the clear water of Naaf River meets the
salty water of the Bay of Bengal. It's
possible to walk around the island in
a day because it measures only 8 km, shrinking
to about 5 km during high tide. You can
drink the water of green coconut, bath
on the beach or go to ‘Sera-dwip’
by boat and see the water in separate
layers and different colors, its simple
amazing!!!
Dear Friends, The journey from Tetulia
to St. Martin is a great journey to touch
all the district of Bangladesh not only
for you but also for me. You probably
realize wherever you go there are some
ancient mosques, temples or various structures
with archeological beauty and glorious
history (which all can’t be mentioned
here). Actually we have rich culture and
heritage of thousands years. It is also
true Bangladesh has fantastic natural
beauty which is change due to the change
of seasons. If you are a traveler, you
feel how marvelous nature is here with
lot of historical place which still didn’t
get the caring from our tourist department.
I like traveling to see the natural beauty
of Bangladesh and still I didn’t
get opportunity to see the entire country.
I want to go again most of the place which
I have visited earlier. We here try to
give details of the district wise link
(mentioned also side on the page). A lot
of people help me to share their experience
of traveling which I’ve just try
to summarized. I try to mention all the
name and source of my data at the end
of this page. I also invite more experience
or provide any data of the place which
will present the information correctly
and attractively. Please share your experience
by mentioning your contact address and
mobile no.
Actually I don’t show anything personally.
I also want to know the traveling place
of Bangladesh. I always be a traveler
on the aile (soil made way) of any village,
bank of a river or pitch making road of
any district. When you’ll get any
opportunity to go to a beautiful place
in Bangladesh, hope I’ll beside
with you from next time. |
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Compiled by : Saiful
H. Shafeen
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Bagerhat |
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Bandarban |
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Barguna |
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Barisal |
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Barnmanbaria |
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Bhola |
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Bogra |
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Chandpur |
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Chittagong |
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Chuadanga |
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Comilla |
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Cox's Bazar |
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Dhaka |
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Dinajpur |
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Faridpur |
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Feni |
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Gaibandha |
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Gazipur |
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Gopalganj |
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Habiganj |
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Jaipurhat |
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Jamalpur |
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Jessore |
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Jhalakathi |
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Jhinaidah |
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Khagrachari |
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Khulna |
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Kishoreganj |
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Kurigram |
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Kushtia |
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Lakshmipur |
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Lalmonirhat |
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Madaripur |
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Magura |
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Manikganj |
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Meherpur |
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Moulavibazar |
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Munshiganj |
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Mymensingh |
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Naogaon |
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Narayangan |
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Narsingdi |
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Natore |
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Nawabgonj |
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Netrokona |
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Nilphamari |
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Noakhali |
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Norail |
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Pabna |
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Panchagarh |
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Patuakhali |
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Pirojpur |
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Rajbari |
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Rajshahi |
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Rangamati |
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Rangpur |
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Satkhira |
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Shariyatpur |
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Sherpur |
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Sirajgonj |
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Sunamganj |
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Sylhet |
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Tangail |
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Thakurgaon |
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