Heritage
Beaches, hills, tea gardens and centuries of history. Find your next trip, then book the bus to get there.
Illustrative photoHeritageDhakaDhakeshwari TempleThe national temple of Bangladesh, said to have given the city its name.
Illustrative photoHeritageNaogaon, RajshahiDibar DighiAn old pond with a tall granite pillar rising from its water, linked by tradition with the 11th-century Kaivarta revolt of Varendra.
Illustrative photoHeritageDinajpur, RangpurDinajpur RajbariThe weathered palace of the Dinajpur rajas, builders of Kantajew and Ramsagar, on the north-eastern edge of the town.
Illustrative photoHeritageNoakhali, 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.
Illustrative photoHeritageBogura, 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.- Illustrative photoHeritageJoypurhat, RajshahiGopinathpur TempleAn old Krishna temple in the village of Gopinathpur, the focus of one of the district’s biggest yearly fairs.
Illustrative photoHeritageBarishalGuthia 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.
Illustrative photoHeritageNarayanganj, 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.
Illustrative photoHeritageChandpur, ChattogramHajiganj MosqueOne of the largest and best-known mosques in the region, richly decorated, in the busy market town of Hajiganj.
Illustrative photoHeritageSunamganj, SylhetHason Raja MuseumThe family home of the mystic poet Hason Raja in Sunamganj town, kept as a museum of his life, belongings and songs.
Illustrative photoHeritageSirajganj, RajshahiHatikumrul Navaratna TempleAn 18th-century brick temple with nine pinnacles, decorated with terracotta, standing in a village just off the busy Hatikumrul highway junction.
Illustrative photoHeritageSylhetHazrat Shah Jalal's ShrineThe shrine of the 14th-century saint, Sylhet's most visited place. Dress modestly.- Illustrative photoHeritageMunshiganj, 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.
- Illustrative photoHeritageSatkhira, 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.
- Illustrative photoHeritagePabna, 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.
- Illustrative photoHeritageBrahmanbaria, ChattogramKal Bhairab TempleA revered Hindu temple by the Titas, home to one of the tallest images of Kal Bhairab, a fierce form of Shiva.
- Illustrative photoHeritageDinajpur, RangpurKantajew TempleAn eighteenth-century Krishna temple whose every wall is covered in terracotta panels — the finest example of Bengal’s terracotta temple art.
Illustrative photoHeritageSylhetKeane BridgeThe old steel bridge over the Surma, next to Ali Amjad's clock tower. Lovely in the evening.
Illustrative photoHeritageBagerhat, 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.- Illustrative photoHeritageBogura, 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.
- Illustrative photoHeritageLakshmipur, 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.
- Illustrative photoHeritageJhalokati, BarishalKirtipasha Zamindar BariThe weathered mansions and temple of an old zamindar family in Kirtipasha village, on the road to the guava country.
Illustrative photoHeritageChapainawabganj, 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.
Illustrative photoHeritageNaogaon, 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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