The Natural Beauties Of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is called a land of natural beauties. She is nature’s darling child.
Bangladeshis a land of rivers. So many rivers have flowed through the country making it a beautiful waterland. The beauty of the rivers of Bangladeshis like a dream. The banks of the rivers present an unbroken view of a variety of sights which enchant the eyes. The grand spectacle of the rivers on a moonlit night is simply bewitching.

The Bay of Bengalis another beautiful gift of nature. The blue water of the sea and its rising waves are always a pleasant sight which cools our turbulent mind within a moment. The sea-beach of Cox’s Bazar is a nice place for the nature lovers. It is the longest sea-beach in the world.The Saint MartinIslandis a gift of nature in the Bay of Bengal. The Sundarban, largest mangrove forest of the world is another bountiful gift of nature. Its wild life and mysterious setting makes it more charming.
There is always the play of light and shade in the land. She enjoys the pleasure of sunny weather, luxury of colours and throws an appeal of an unending expanse of greenery. Her green fields overflowing with golden crops, the spotless blue and cloudy sky, her moonlit and pitch-dark night­­­­­- all these present scenes of romantic charm and beauty. In Bangladesh, six seasons in their distinctive roles, come in procession and adorn our land with exquisite beauty.
There are some hilly areas in Bangladesh which are the home of natural beauty. The tea gardens in the hill slopes in Sylhet are charming spots.the smalls hills in Mymensingh area are also very beautiful landscapes.The presence of tribal people there makes this place more beautiful. Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarbans are the three hilly districts where nature has opened her wings of beauty. The beautiful lakes and fountains of crystal-clear water are easily noticeable here which charm us all.

The natural beauties have made this country the homeland of many animals and birds. So, no one can deny that Bangladeshis a matchless beauty spot in the world.

Beautiful Bangladesh - School of life

Tour to Bangladesh

Today we want to introduce our small beautiful country Bangladesh to you. Bangladesh is a very small country in the world map which seems sometime invisible situated in the south East Asia. Bangladesh is considered as a poor small country by the people who actually know very little about she. You will be surprised to know that how natural & historical potentiality does she has !

To solve the puzzle of some questions, we are inspired to introduce Bangladesh, our motherland, to the whole world. Do you know which country itself is a complete delta? Do you know which is the Longest Sea Beach in the world ? Have you ever read about the Largest Mangrove Forest of the world? Do you know why people of the world celebrate 21st February as International Mother Language Day? We will answer you all these questions & the answer is - Bangladesh.

Cox'sbazar - World's longest beach is waiting for you

 Cox'sbazar is one of my best favorite place. This longest sea beach situated in Bangladesh at the southern part of the country. The length of the beach is 120 kilometer. You will not be able to understand how beautiful Cox'sbazar is if you do not visit it once in your life. Cox'sbazar is not only the longest beach some of the parts are hilly area, some mini falls, different lifestyles of the fishermen & tribal people, some tiny island, coral beach Innani and lots of beautiful places.

Actually Cox'sbazar is the Tourist Capital of Bangladesh. An airport along with service of First class Bus Service is available here for the millions of visiting local and foreign tourist every year. You will find extremely good Hotels, Motels, Resorts of world class here while traveling. Some of the marvelous hotels are Sea Gulf, Sea Palace, Sea Queen, Sea Crown etc.

 

Sundarban - The home of Royal Bengal Tiger

Yes! this is the largest Mangrove Forest of the world !

 

 

Introducing The Sundarban

Sundarbans is a world heritage in Bangladesh. This is the largest Mangrove forest in the world. Subdarban is rich for its marvelous natural beauty. "Sundory" is the main tree of this forest. The king of this forest is Royal Bengal Tiger. Beside this monkey, deer, different types of snakes and reptiles and many other animal live in this forest. There is a point called Hiron Point inside the Sundarbans which is specially considered as Hunting Point. A fair held at Hiron Point Every year called Rash Mela is one of the prominent fair in the country. Thousands of Honey collector works two months inside it for Collecting Honey. About 200 Royal Bengal Tiger lives in Sundarbans according to last Tiger Census.

                                                                             

Introducing The Sixty Dome Mosque

The Sixty Dome Mosque (Bengali: ষাট গম্বুজ মসজিদ Shaṭ Gombuj Moshjid) (more commonly known as Shait Gambuj Mosque or Saith Gunbad Masjid) is the largest historical mosque in Bangladesh and one of the most impressive Muslim architectural structures on the Indian Subcontinent.
In mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the unfriendly mangrove forest of the Sundarbans near the coastline in the Bagerhat district by an obscure saint-General, named Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was the earliest torch bearer of Islam in the South who laid the center of an affluent city during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah, then known as 'Khalifalabad'. Khan Jahan aborned his city with numerous mosques, the spectacular ruins of which are focused around the most imposing and largest multidomed mosques in Bangladesh, known as the Shait-Gumbad Masjid (160'×108'). The construction of the mosque was started in 1442^. and it was completed in 1459.The mosque was used for prayer purposes. It was also used as a madrasha and assembly hall.

Shat ̣Gombuj Moshjid Sixty Dome Mosque

Introducing The Kantajew Temple

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Kantajew Temple

Kantojiu Temple (Bengali: কান্তজীউ মন্দির) is a late-medieval Hindu temple in Dinajpur, Bangladesh. Built by Maharaja Pran Nath, its construction started in 1702 CE and ended in 1752 CE, 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.

 

Sitakot vihara, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

Sitakot Vihara a Buddhist monastery. It is located in Nawabganj upazila under Dinajpur district. The Vihara was built roughly on a square plan (65.23m east - west and 64.11m north - south) with large outside projection on the northern and southern wings. The gateway complex, which had a wide frontage, was set in the middle of the northern wing as a part of the outer projection. The complex included two guardrooms. The approach to the monastery was through an open space. The main gateway led to an entrance hall, which was aligned with the monastic cells. The northern end of the eastern wing had a subsidiary entrance piercing the back wall. The outer projection on the south was built as a kind of hall and there was an entrance into the hall from the inside. There were in all 41 cells in this monastery: 8 in the northern wing and 11 cells each in the three other wings.

The cells, almost equal in size (3.66m by 3.35m), were provided with niches in the back walls and the partition walls. The partition walls were 0.91m-1.22m thick, the thickness of the back wall was 2.59m and the front wall of the cells was 1.07m thick. The inner verandah was 2.59m wide and the cells were connected with it by a doorway passage that was 1.68m long and 1.07m wide. All the cells were connected with a well planned and uniformly 2.59m wide verandah, which runs round the entire monastery on the inner side. A 1.22m thick and 0.76m high retaining wall fences it off from the courtyard.

The central cells in the east, west and south wings were larger than the rest and each of them possessed a substantial brick platform that was possibly used to install a votive image. The central cell of the southern wing might have served as the main shrine. A pillared pavilion built in front of this was intended to serve as the mandapa.

Five small rooms fronted by a verandah and linked to the main building by a covered passage apparently constituted a toilet complex in the southeastern wing of the monastic complex, projecting well out of the main structure. The roofing material was rammed lime surki supported by wooden beams and rafters. The Sitakot vihara bears a strong resemblance to the vhasu vihara both in size and general appearance.

The major findings are two bronze images, one of Bodhisattva Padmapani and the other of Bodhisattva Manjushri. On the stylistic ground the images have been dated in the seventh-eight century AD. The monastery has not been dated by stratigraphy, but two building periods have been postulated.

 

PUTHIA PALACE AND TEMPLES, RAJSHAHI, BANGLADESH

Puthia Palace, Rajshahi

Lying on the main highway from Dhaka to Rajshahi, Puthia stands about 40 km short of the latter Divisional centre.

Accessed by a side road off the main street lies the Puthia ‘Complex’, with its splendid late 19^th Century Palace, and some of the finest Hindu temples within the country.

The first building to catch the eye as you approach is the white plastered Shiva Temple, which, with a small pavilion beside it stand reflected in a lake. Somewhat defaced, it is said, by marauding Pakistani troops during the Liberation War of 1971, the essentials, nevertheless remain intact.

Moving on, across yet another pond, surrounded by a greensward, when not occupied by fairs or exhibitions, stands the magnificent 13 pillar facade of the palace.

Radha - Krishna Temple, Puthia, Rajshahi

Built in 1895, two years before in Great India earthquake that destroyed so many earlier buildings in Bangladesh, and led to a positive frenzy of building for replacement, it has survived to crumble gradually, occupied, now, as a teacher training college. A little over 100 years, and it certainly won’t last another century. Hemanta Kumari Devi, who ordered its construction would probably be glad of its present use, but saddened by its state.

To one side, and a little behind, stands the nearly two hundred year old Govinda Temple. In appearance and structure, not unlike the more famous Kanthiji Temple near Dinajpur. But whilst Kanthiji, perhaps, may boast even finer terracotta friezes, Govinda Temple has retained the spires that the earthquake brought down at Kanthiji.

Shiva Temple, Puthia, Rajshahi

The Jagannath Temple, Gopala Temple, and an array of lesser shrines and outbuildings make exploration of the area around well worth the extra time spent at this, which remains, even in today’s traffic, just about a day trip out of Dhaka. Although a night at Jamuna Resort can ease the travel burden.

NATORE RAJBARI

The name of Rani Bhabani is that most closely associated with what may be the most fascinating of the many palace complexes in Bangladesh.

The Rajbari, or Zaminderbari, as they might more accurately be called, are mostly neglected, decaying with evident increasing rapidity, into oblivion. In part, this si because of the failure of the authorities to recognise the tourist potential in these places. (In UK, over 4 million people are paid up members of the National Trust, guardians of such historic monuments, which bears testament to the fascination people of developed nations find in the homes of the ancient great, good or bad).

Nevertheless, nature Rajbari continues to be one of the most popular places in Bangladesh for those for whom such hold fascination, and some of the Edwardian Neoclassical and Baroque pavilions serve as offices for government administration, which at least ensures a modicum of maintenance.

There are, in fact, to palaces, or Zaminderbari, in Natore, in Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. The most ancient is, clearly, the Natore Rajbari: the other is Dighapatiya Palace, an Edwardian brick masterpiece, now known as Uttara Gono Bhaban, the official northern Presidential and Prime Ministerial residence.

This latter palace, for security reasons, is not easy to gain admission to, and it is forbidden to photograph; however, alittle way north, towards Bogra, stand the fine Pooja halls constructed for the earlier Raja, or Zaminder. These latter are certainly worth a visit.

The original Rajbari, the Natore Rajbari, sprawls across a wide area, and it is easy to miss some of the fine array of architectural monuments. It is, howver, in the area, the old palace ruins that are, in a very interesting site, the most compelling.

It is often claimed that Rani Bhabani was responsible for building this palace, but since it is clearly of Mughal origin, it seems likely that its origins were earlier. Born in 1716, to a Brahmin family living near Bogra, in 1731, not unusually, at the age of 15, she was married to Raja Ramakanta, the landholder under the Mughal dynasty of much of the Rajshahi area. It seems likely that the old palace was already his residence.

On his death in 1748, she became the landholder, also in the Mughal period known as the zaminder, although with somewhat less onerous duties than developed later.

Perhaps one of the most remarkable women in the history of the women of the area that was to become Bangladesh, her management of the vast landholdings she inherited made her famous. She not only maintained excellent relations with the Mughal Nawabs, the last independent one being the vanquished at the Battle of Plassey in 1757, but also with the developing regime of the East India Compant, who changed the role of Zaminder to one with far greater fiscal responsibility.

Until her death in 1795, she was famous for her extensive use of her influence and wealth on behalf of the communities that were her responsibility. A devout Hindu, although much of her work included the building of fine temples, both in the lands of Bangladesh, and in what is now West Bengal, in India, it was also focussed on the well being of Muslim and Hindu alike, sponsoring medical facilities, water storage tanks, roads and road houses for travellers.

The Rajbari that she knew in Natore was largely destroyed in the Great India Earthquake of 1897, but the brickwork and terracotta of those ruins describe a magnificent palace.

The zaminders of the late 19^th Century replaced the buildings ruined by the impressive structures that remain. It takes the better part of a day to do justice to all that is to be seen there in the sprawling, tree studded acres, one of the few such places in Bangladesh to offer such ease of access and reasonably well maintained grounds.

BALIATI PALACE, MANIKGANJ, BANGLADESH

Tax farming is a system of organising the financing of government that seems to be as old as civilisation itself.

Awarding to favourites, or auctioning to the wealthy, the right to collect taxes almost assumes abuse and exploitation, and Baliati Palace is almost certainly an illustration of that reality.

The practice has long, at least up until the advent of real parliamentary governance, been part of the practice of governance in UK, so it would come as no surprise that the East India Company.. ‘The Honourable Company’.. should decide upon the practice as a means of maximising its income.

So it was that a successful Salt Merchant named Govinda Ram Shaha, sometime in the middle part of the 19^th Century, appears to have acquired the office of Zaminder for a part of the fertile and trading area of Manikganj.

Creating for himself, and for the four sons of his first marriage, then the three sons of his second, the sprawling, largely neo classical palace at Baliati, he established for all a lifestyle that leaves even today’s visitor almost speechless.

Better preserved, in part, than most... probably due to the occupation by the Dept of Archaeology of two blocks of the main four.. it is, nevertheless, like so many such buildings in Bangladesh, already showing signs that most of the buildings are beyond repair, or even stabilisation.

Which is a pity, given the great appeal of such buildings to tourists across the developed world, as evidenced by the more than 4 million members of the UK National Trust and the millions of overseas visitors attracted to buildings in their care. It is such attractions that appeal to so much of the top end, professional classes of tourist, creating foreign earnings, and, above all,jobs!