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Churches
Armenian
church (1781 A.D.), St. Mary's Cathedral at Ramna,
Church of Bangladesh or former Holy Rosary Church
(1677 A.D.) at Tejgaon.
Chandranath
Hindu Temple - Sitakunda
It
is approximately 37 km far from Chittagong. This
is famous for Chandranath Hindu Temple - one of
the oldest temples in the subcontinent. There
is also Buddhist Temple having a footprint of
Lord Buddha. These places particularly the hilltops
are regarded as very sacred by the hindus and
buddhist. Shiva Chanuturdash (14th) festivals
is held every year in February when thousands
of pilgrims assemble which lasts for ten days.
There is also a hot-water spring 5 km to the north
of Sitakunda.
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Kantaji
Temple
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The
most ornate among the late medieval hindu
temples of Bangladesh is situated near Dinajpur
town. It was built by Maharaja Pran Nath
in 1752 A. D. Every inch of the temple surface
is beautifully embellished with exquisite
terracotta plaques, representing flora and
fauna, geometric motifs, mythological scenes
and an astonishing array of contemporary
social scenes and favourite past times.
The Maharaja's palace with relics of the
past countries and local museum are worth
a visit.
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There is a Parjatan
motel in Dinajpur, which provides nice accommodation,
food and warm hospitality. Ph: 880-0531/64718.
Sri
Chaitanya Temple
About
500 years old famous temple of Sri Chaitanya Dev
is located at Dhaka Dakhin nearly 45 km south-east
from Sylhet town. The place is revered for being
the ancestral home of the famous Vaishnava saint.
Yearly fair is organized on the fullmoon day of
the bangla month Falgun. Hundreds and thousand
of devotees from home and abroad attend this colourful
fair.
Mosque
Dhaka
has several hundred historic mosques. Prominent
are the Seven Domed Mosque (17th century), Baitul
Mukarram - National Mosque, Star Mosque (18th
century), Chawkbazar Mosque and Huseni Dalan Mosque.
Temples
Dhakeshwari
Temple (11th century), Ramkrishna Mission.
Buddhist
Monastery
Kamalapur
Buddhist Monastery, International Buddhist Monastery,
Merul, Badda.
Bayazid
Bostami
This
holy place attracts a large number of visitors
and pilgrims. At its base there is a large pond
with several hundred huge tortoises and fishes
floating on the water.
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The
Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal
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The
Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal: Sylhet had been
the believers' destination down the ages.
Consecrated by the great Muslim Saint, Hazrat
Shah Jalal (R.A.) is said to have brought
the message of Islam to the region. At a short
distance lies shrine of another great saint
Hazrat Shah Paran (R.A.), who is said to be
a nephew of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R.A.).
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Shatt-Gumbad
Mosque, Bagerhat
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In
mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was
founded in the inhospitable mangrove
forest of the Sundarbans near the seacoast
in the Bagerhat district by an obscure
saint-General, named Ulugh Khan Jahan.
He was the earliest torchbearer of Islam
in the South who laid the nucleus of
an affluent city during the reign of
Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1442-59),
then known as 'khalifatabad' (present
Bagerhat). Khan Jahan adorned his city
with numberous mosques, tanks, roads
and other public
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buildings, the spectacular ruins of which
are focused around the most imposing and largest
multidomed mosques in Bangladesh, known as
the Shait-Gumbuj Masjid (160'x108'). The stately
fabric of the monument, serene and imposing,
stands on the eastern bank of an unusually
vast sweet-water tank, clustered around by
the heavy foliage of a low-laying countryside,
characteristic of a sea-coast landscape. The
mosque roofed over with 77 squat domes, including
7 chauchala or four-sided Pitched Bengali
domes in the middle row. The vast prayer hall,
although provided with 11arched doorways on
east and 7 each on north and south for ventilation
and light, presents a dark and sombre appearance
inside. It is divided into 7 longitudinal
aisles and 11 deep days by a forest of slender
stone columns, from which springs rows of
endless arches, supporting the domes. Six
feet thick, slightly tapering walls and hollow
and round, almost detached corner towers,
resembling the bastions of fortress, each
capped by small rounded cupolas, recall the
Tughlaq architecture of Delhi. The general
appearance of this noble monument with its
stark simplicity but massive character reflects
the strongth and simplicity of the builder.
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