Kantaji Temple

Kantaji Temple is a late medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. It is built by Maharaja Pran Nath; its construction started in 1722 C.E. and ended in 1752 C.E. during the reign of his son Maharaja Ramnath. It boasts one of the greatest examples on Terracotta architecture in Bangladesh and once had nine spires, but all were destroyed in an earthquake that took place in 1897.

The temple was built in a nava-ratna (nine-spired) style before the destruction caused by the earthquake of 1897.

The 52 feet square temple is centered in an oblong court (240'120) covered by a shed with a roof of corrugated tin. Its main fabric pivots around a nuclear square cell (10'-3), reaching a height of about 50' above its 3'-3 high slab of stone, thought to have been mined from the ancient ruins of Bannagar near Gangarampur in Dinajpur. Three more square outer shells in graded heights have been added to it, to variegate the plan as well as to strengthen the central sanctuary on top of the massive tower.

The curved cornice from the ground floor, which sharply drops at the corners, rises in the middle to a height of 25 feet from the plinth, while the first floor cornice rises to 15 and the second floor to 6 feet. Small square cells are situated at the four corners of the ground and first floors. They serve the purpose of supporting the weight of the octagonal corner towers above. The temple contains four rectangular alleys on the ground floor circling the prayer hall. On the ground floor, three multi-cusped arched entrances on each side are present, which are separated by two ornate brick pillars. The number of arched doorways in the ground floor in its four shells is 21; on the first floor it is 27. The second floor, reduced in size, has only three entrance doors and three windows. A narrow staircase, only 2-3 feet wide, is built into the western second corridor. It winds up through the dark passage to the first two stories.

It’s one of the best scenery and also a tourist spot in Bangladesh. Every year maximum percentage of people visits there. When anyone visit there they get the full enjoy and pleasure from environment of Kantaji Temple.

Banglar Taj Mahal

Taj mahal is situated at Agra in India. It is built by the Emperor Sahajan.

Now Taj mahal is replaces at Sonargon in Bangladesh named as Banglar Taj Mahal. Ahsanullah Moni, a Bangladeshi film maker had the Taj Mahal replica constructed in Sonargaon, a small town located 30 kms away from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.

"Taj Mahal" at a cost of Taka 400 cores, which was opened for all in exchange of entry fees though "it is not built with a commercial purpose".

The replica, located 30 km (18 miles) off Dhaka city, which he called "Banglar Taj Mahal", has been built on over four acres of land while the complex was much bigger in size to accommodate a five-star motel, a huge film studio and an amusement park. Moni, a film maker and hotelier, said the idea of building the structure first stroke his mind when he first visited Agra in 1980 while he made six more trips there to realize his plan to replicate it.

“Banglar Taj Mahal" was not exactly the same size of the original while he used different materials including stones for the replica considering their weather suitability.

He said he imported marble and granite from Italy, diamonds from Belgium and used 160 kilograms of bronze for the structure built with the help of modern technology.

Otherwise it would have taken 20 years and 22,000 workers to complete it as the original structure had required.

Emperor Sahajan Began around 1632 and was completed around 1653 and worked 20,000 men. It took huge time. But new Taj mahal took only 5 years and very less people.

So ultimately it is a best attraction side in Bangladesh and its scenery is amazing. Every day maximum cent people visit there. But in holidays you can’t imagine the visitors because of the beauty of Banglar Taj Mahal. Scenery wise its wonderful.

Shalbon Bihar

Shalbon Bihar is historical and archeological places around Comilla. These are a series of hillocks, where the Northern part is called Moinamoti and the Southern part is called Lalmai; and Shalbon Bihar is in the Middle of Lalmai and Moinamoti, which was established in 8th century by King Buddadev. Shalbon Bihar, almost in the middle of the Moinamoti-Lalmai hill range consists of 115 cells, built around a spacious courtyard with cruciform temple in the centre facing its only gateway complex to the north resembling that of the Paharpur Monastery. Moinamoti is 114 km. from Dhaka city and is just a day's trip by road on way to Chittagong.

In scenery wise if we measure the Shalbon Bihar its beauty is amazing. Lots of thing you can see there. Maximum cent people visit there in their holidays. If you can see it in different part wise like, eastern, northern, southern, and western part then you realizes its beauty and imagine its scenery in your mind forever. Every part you can see its beauty in different categories. So ultimately it’s attractive for scenery and also a tourist spot in Bangladesh.

Hakaluki Haor

Hakaluki Haor is a marsh wetland ecological system of Eastern Bangladesh in an area of bordering Assam, India. It is one of Bangladesh's largest and one of Asia’s larger marsh wetland resources which is located in Barlekha Upazilla, Moulvibazar district, Sylhet. Some of like 190000 people live in the surrounding Hakaluki haor area. The surface area of Hakaluki Haor is 181.15km2, of which 72.46km2 (40.01%) is within the territory of Barlekha Upazilla. The haor is partly under the jurisdiction of Barlekha.
Hakaluki Haor was designated an Ecological Critical Area (ECA) by the Director General of the Department of Environment, as the ecosystem is considered to have reached a critical state. It is also protected Ramsar site of international importance for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands.
The haor is an extensive alluvial plain supporting a variety of wetland habitats. It contains about 47 major haors and more than 6000 beels, or freshwater lakes, nearly half of which are seasonal. Hakaluki Haor itself is a complex of more than 80 inter-connecting beels located in Moulvibazar district. During the dry season, the beels cover an area of approximately 4,400 haor. However, during the rainy season, the entire area gets flooded, and the beels are united as one large lake, or haor, with an area of approximately 18,000 haor. This makes it the largest haor in Bangladesh.
Hakaluki Haor is a highly significant site for a wide variety of waterfowl. It is important for wintering migratory birds. Its overall significance is perhaps best expressed with reference to the various criteria for inclusion as a Ramsar site. It is good representative example of a wetland which plays a substantial hydrological, biological or ecological role in the natural functioning of a major river. It is of special value for maintaining the genetic and ecological diversity of a region because of the peculiarities of its Flora and Fauna.

Hakaluki Haor is attractive scenery in Bangladesh that is no doubt. You can see the beauty of this whole site of it when you go there. Otherwise you can’t feel the beauty of it. It is really a nice haor in Bangladesh.

Jaflong

Jaflong is one of the most attractive tourist spots in Sylhet division. It is located in Gowainghat Upazilla and part of the border between Bangladesh and Indian state of the Meghalaya.

It's about 60 km far from Sylhet town and takes two hours drive to reach there. Jaflong is also a scenic spot nearby amidst tea gardens and rate beauty of rolling stones from hills. It is situated besides the river Mari in the lap of Hill Khashia.

The Mari river is coming from the great Himalayas of India, which bringing million tons of stone boulders with its tide. You can watch the stone collection from the river in Jaflong as well as you can enjoy the boating in the river Mari. Jaflong is totally a hilly area of real natural beauty where hills are greenish with the forests.

Lots of wild animal lives in this forest, so you need to be careful to enter in the forest alone. You can see the lifestyle of Tribe Khashia in Jaflong. If you intend to visit Jaflong it is advisable to start from Sylhet in the early morning so that you can comeback by evening covering the other tourist’s spots of nearby areas of Jaflong. The other tourist areas nearby Jaflong are Tamabil, Sripur and Jaintapur.

There are some hotels available there to stay but quality is questionable.

Mahasthan Ghar

Mahasthan means a place of sanctity and garh means fort. A Sanskrit text “Vallalcharita” of the 13th century first mentioned the place “Mahasthan”, to mean the same place the same text also mentions two more names – Pundrakshetra, land of the Pundras, and Pundranagara, city of the Pundras. In 1685, an administrative order mentioned the place as Mahasthan garh, means fortified place of an auspicious personage.

In 1808, F.Buchanan Hamilton first locates and visits Mahasthan Garh and in 1889, Alexander Cunningham visited the site and he was the first to identify the place as the capital of Pundravardhana.
“Pundra Nagara” presently known as “Mahasthan Garh” is located (Under Shibganj Upazila) at a distance of 11 km to the north of Bogra town on the Bogar-Rangpur highway. Mahasthan Garh is situated on the western bank of river Karatoya, once a mighty river but now a small stream, and flows on its east.

It is the oldest archaeological site of Bangladesh and the spectacular site is an imposing landmark in the area having a fortified long enclosure. It is roughly 1.523 km long from north to south, and 1.371 km from east to west, with high and wide ramparts in all its wings. With in a semicircle of about 9 km radius of fortified there are many ancient ruins.

Before excavation, the inside of the fortified was higher than the surrounding areas by over 4 meters. The rampart looked like a jungle clad mud rampart. . The rampart was 11-13 meters higher than the surrounding area.

First Systematic archaeological excavation around Jahajghata, Munir Ghon and Bairagir Bhita areas of Mahasthan Garh was done under the guidance of K.N.Dikshit of India in 1928-29. Excavation of Bairagir Bhita and Govinda Bhita was down in 1934-36. Excavation around the Mazhar, Parasuramer Prasad, Mankalir Dhap, and Jiat Kunda and in a part of the northern rampart was carried out in 1960s. Excavation in the area between Bairagir Bhita and the gateway was conducted jointly by Bangladesh and France in the period 1992-98. Excavation around the mazhar had been done under the same project in its second phase.

At present there are several mounds and structure inside the fortified. Of these a few are:

1. Jiat Kunda (well possessing life giving power)
2. Mankalir Dhap (place consecrated to Mankali)
3. Parasuramer Basgriha (palace of a king named Parasuram)
4. Bairagir Bhita (palace of a female anchorite)
5. Khodar Pathar Bhita (place of stone bestowed by God)
6. Munir Ghon (a bastion)
7. Govinda Bhita, a temple close to the north-eastern corner of the fortified area.
8. Khulnar Dhap, a temple 1 km to the west of the fortified area.
9. Mangalkot, a temple 400 m to the south of Khulnar Dhap
10. Godaibari Dhap, a temple 1 km to the south of Khulnar Dhap.
11. Totaram Panditer Dhap, a vihara (monstery) 4 km to the north-west of the fortified area.
12. Narapatir Dhap (Vasu Vihara), a group of monasteries 1 km to the north-west of Totaram Panditer Dhap (said to be the place where Po-shipo Vihara mentioned by Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang) was located).
13. Gokul Medh (Lakhindarer Basar Ghar), a temple 3 km to the south of the fortified area (it is a small distance off the road from Bogra to Mahasthan garh).
14. Skander Dhap, a temple 2 km to the south-east of Gokul Medh.

There are four gateways at different points:

1. Kata Duar (in the north)
2. Dorab Shah Toran (in the east)
3. Burir Fatak (in the south), and
4. Tamra Dawaza (in the west

Madhob khundo

Madhob khundo is one of the most popular water-fall in the Bangladesh. It is situated in Baralekha which is the part of the Moulvibazar district. Its beauty is amazing. Everyday maximum percentage of people visits there. But in Eid vacation especially in second day the percentage of people can’t imagine. May be its over 50000.In Madhob khundo there are lots of other things which you can sea there like Pari Khundo, Sree Sree Madhobashor Mahadhever Mondir ,Muraisora Eco park etc. The whole view you can see here in some picture. Its one of the tourist spot also. You can stay there because some Rest-House also there for tourist. So the scenery of Madhob khundo is too much charming.