Heritage
Beaches, hills, tea gardens and centuries of history. Find your next trip, then book the bus to get there.
- HeritageDhakaDhakeshwari TempleThe national temple of Bangladesh, said to have given the city its name.
- HeritageNaogaon, RajshahiDibar DighiAn old pond with a tall granite pillar rising from its water, linked by tradition with the 11th-century Kaivarta revolt of Varendra.
- HeritageDinajpur, RangpurDinajpur RajbariThe weathered palace of the Dinajpur rajas, builders of Kantajew and Ramsagar, on the north-eastern edge of the town.
- HeritageNoakhali, ChattogramGandhi Ashram, JayagThe ashram at Jayag remembers Mahatma Gandhi’s 1946–47 peace mission in Noakhali, with a museum of photographs and records of his walk through the villages.
- HeritageBogura, RajshahiGokul Medh (Behula’s Bashor Ghor)A great terraced brick mound near Mahasthangarh, built of scores of earth-filled cells — and known to everyone as the bridal chamber of Behula and Lakhindar.
- HeritageJoypurhat, RajshahiGopinathpur TempleAn old Krishna temple in the village of Gopinathpur, the focus of one of the district’s biggest yearly fairs.
- HeritageBarishalGuthia MosqueA grand modern mosque complex in the village of Guthia, with domes, a tall minaret, a large pond and gardens, one of the best-known sights of the south.
- HeritageNarayanganj, DhakaHajiganj FortA Mughal water fort on the bank of the Shitalakshya, built to guard the river route to Dhaka, with crenellated walls and a raised gun platform.
- HeritageChandpur, ChattogramHajiganj MosqueOne of the largest and best-known mosques in the region, richly decorated, in the busy market town of Hajiganj.
- HeritageSunamganj, SylhetHason Raja MuseumThe family home of the mystic poet Hason Raja in Sunamganj town, kept as a museum of his life, belongings and songs.
- HeritageSirajganj, RajshahiHatikumrul Navaratna TempleAn 18th-century brick temple with nine pinnacles, decorated with terracotta, standing in a village just off the busy Hatikumrul highway junction.
- HeritageSylhetHazrat Shah Jalal's ShrineThe shrine of the 14th-century saint, Sylhet's most visited place. Dress modestly.
- HeritageMunshiganj, DhakaIdrakpur FortA compact Mughal water fort in the middle of Munshiganj town, with a tall round gun platform that once watched over the rivers below Dhaka.
- HeritageSatkhira, KhulnaJeshoreshwari Kali TempleAn old Kali temple at Ishwaripur, revered as one of the Shakti Peethas and linked with Raja Pratapaditya, drawing pilgrims from both sides of the border.
- HeritagePabna, RajshahiJor Bangla Temple, PabnaAn 18th-century brick temple of two joined hut-shaped roofs, decorated with terracotta, hidden in the old lanes of Pabna town.
- HeritageBrahmanbaria, ChattogramKal Bhairab TempleA revered Hindu temple by the Titas, home to one of the tallest images of Kal Bhairab, a fierce form of Shiva.
- HeritageDinajpur, RangpurKantajew TempleAn eighteenth-century Krishna temple whose every wall is covered in terracotta panels — the finest example of Bengal’s terracotta temple art.
- HeritageSylhetKeane BridgeThe old steel bridge over the Surma, next to Ali Amjad's clock tower. Lovely in the evening.
- HeritageBagerhat, KhulnaKhan Jahan Ali’s TombThe domed tomb of the saint who founded Bagerhat, beside the great tank of Thakur Dighi — a place of pilgrimage for over five centuries.
- HeritageBogura, RajshahiKherua MosqueA small three-domed brick mosque from 1582, from the early years of Mughal rule in Bengal, standing in a quiet green compound in Sherpur.
- HeritageLakshmipur, ChattogramKhoa Sagar DighiA huge old pond at Dalal Bazar, dug in the zamindari era and ringed by trees — one of the largest dighis in the region and a calm place for an afternoon walk.
- HeritageJhalokati, BarishalKirtipasha Zamindar BariThe weathered mansions and temple of an old zamindar family in Kirtipasha village, on the road to the guava country.
- HeritageChapainawabganj, RajshahiKotwali DarwazaThe old southern gateway of the city of Gaur, standing right on the Bangladesh–India border — a massive brick arch once guarded by the city’s police chief.
- HeritageNaogaon, RajshahiKusumba MosqueA six-domed Sultanate-era mosque of dark stone beside a large pond, built in 1558–59 and pictured on the old five-taka note.
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