Bangladesh Sights

Foreign tourists in Bangladesh is not very developed, although there are quite a lot of interesting sights. For an established way of the country, as an area of permanent cyclones and floods, hiding strikingly lush and beautiful land with a rich history and diversity of cultures and traditions, unusual for a country so small in size. Distinctive feature of the internal tourist routes through Bangladesh is the extensive use of well-developed system of waterways, while traveling on the water rather slow. Be sure to visit the archaeological sites dating back more than 2000 BC. e., the longest beach and the largest mangrove coast in the world, mansions Maharaj XIII-XIX-th century, and many ancient temples, lost in the jungle.

The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is located on the northern shore of the turbulent river Buriganda almost in the center of the country and more like the legendary Babylon, than the modern capital. The oldest section of the city lies to the north of the coastline. She experienced a period of highest development in the era of the reign of the Mughal, when Dhaka was one of the largest shopping centers of a great empire. Today the Old Town is a vast area between the two main water transport terminals, Sadarghat and Badam Tole, where the impression of observing the daily life of the river are especially charming. The main attraction of the capital - located in Old Town unfinished Lalbagh Fort, dating from the 1678 year. Here are located and many mosques, including the famous Hussain Dalan. National Museum of Bangladesh, located north of the Old City, has a fine collection of art and archeology. Moreover, in Dhaka, most more than 700 mosques, the tomb of Pari Bibi, Parliament building, erected in 1982, and in the old part of town - the traditional large bazaars. Dhaka - capital of the world rickshaws, the only officially registered here more than 300 thousand colorfully painted rickshaws, which does not manage any one event. When servicing tourists travel to the rickshaws as "binding", as the use of a red double-decker bus in London.

Chittagong (264 km. To the south-east of Dhaka) - the second largest city in Bangladesh. It is located on the northern bank of the river Karnapuli and has an interesting old area Sadarghat along the coastline, which clearly shows the importance of river trade to the city life. Nearby is the old Portuguese enclave Paterghatta, one of the few areas in the country, which has kept Christianity. Shahi Mosque Jama Masjid-e-Mubarak, and quads - the most impressive and beautiful buildings in the city. Also worth a visit Ethnological Museum in the modern city, which has interesting displays that tell about the tribes and people of Bangladesh. A beautiful view of the city, moreover, that is important in terms of constant local heat, constantly blown and cooled by sea breezes, opens on Fairy Hill ( "The Fairy Hills") in the so-called "British cities in the north-western sector of the city.

Area "Chittagong hills (60 km. To the east of the city) includes a lot of wooded hills, scenic gorges and cliffs, overgrown with thick cover of the jungle, bamboo, loach and wild grapes. Field consists of four main valleys formed by rivers Karnapuli, Fenya, Shang and Matamuhur. It is unusual for the topography and culture district of Bangladesh, where there are mainly Buddhist tribes and the population density is relatively low, thereby retaining the natural conditions are relatively not destroyed.

Rangmati - lush and green rural area belonging to the Chakma tribe, is open to visitors and is considered one of the best areas of tourism in the country. The pride of the area - Lake Captan, surrounded by dense tropical and evergreen forests - a unique corner of the measured patriarchal life in harmony with nature. While the lake itself is wonderfully beautiful, as if descended from the paintings in ink thatched fishing villages located on the coast, make your visit to the area Rangmati worthwhile effort expended on it. Boats that can be hired here, will see the lake in all its splendor, and here you can try out a unique form of diving - diving into the bush and hunt for the lotus lake perch, and some copies of which reached 50 kg. weight.

In a research museum in Varendra Radzhshani and has a large collection of exhibits on the history, anthropology and archeology of the country. Ruins Mainimati last (VII-XII centuries.) Is an important center of Buddhist culture. Now it is more than 50 scattered throughout the county historical and cultural monuments, but the most important of them - Salban Vihara, Cotyla Charpatra Moore and Moore. Salban Vihara - a very well-planned a Buddhist monastery, an area of about 1700 sq. m., as it grows together with the temple complex in the center courtyard. Nearby is the museum, representing the many finds discovered during excavations made here, which include terracotta plaques, bronze statues, bronze casket, coins, jewelry and religious stupas embossed with Buddhist inscriptions. Cotyla Moore is the three large stupas representing Buddha, Dharma and Sangha - the Three jewels of Buddhism. The most important discoveries in Charpatra Moore was finding four royal decree, engraved on copper plates, three of which belonged to the medieval rulers of Chandra, while the fourth - Sri Virandhara Deva, a later Hindu ruler, which was considered until then a purely literary character. Unfortunately, at present some of the major ruins are located within a military base and can not be visited without permission from military officials. Monastery Somapuri Vihara (VIII cent.) At Paharpur was formerly the biggest Buddhist monastery south of the Himalayas. Now it is one of the most impressive archaeological sites not only in Bangladesh, but throughout South Asia - a complex covers more than 11 hectares area. Large rectangle with cells of monastic cells, form an impressive exterior walls of buildings and courtyard. In the center courtyard is raising one of the oldest in the world of Buddhist stupas in the 20 meters in height, which dominates the surrounding countryside. The walls of the monastery are richly decorated with well-preserved terracotta bas-reliefs, and a small museum has a representative collection of religious objects found during excavations.

Putiya (23 km. To the east of Rajshahi and 16 km. To the west of the resonator) has the largest number of historically important Hindu structures in Bangladesh. The most remarkable of the monuments of the village - Temple Govinda, which was built between 1823 and 1895 years, one of the Maharaj worthwhile. This is a large square building, crowned a set of miniature ornamental towers, and with incredibly complex for the implementation of terra-cotta bas-reliefs depicting scenes from Hindu epics. Decorative Temple Schivy - an excellent example of Hindu style with five spikes common in northern India architecture. The temple has three tapering tiers, led by the four spiral spikes, adorned with lace stone carvings and sculptural works which unfortunately were disfigured during the numerous wars. Jagannath Temple (XVI cent.) - One of the finest examples of temple, having the form of huts. Five-meter walls of the temple, gradually narrowed to form an elegant single tower, which rises to 10 meters. West facade of the temple is decorated with terra-cotta bas-relief groups geometrically perfectly regular shape.

In Paraengali interesting XVI century mosque and the fort Idrakpur (1660). In Barisal there is a unique natural phenomenon known as "Barisal guns" - a mysterious noise, resembling an artillery barrage, the source is absolutely impossible to find - it seems that the air itself causes this noise.

Cox Bazar - the only seaside resort and the beach near the border with Burma. This place is distinctly Burmese color and relatively poorly developed infrastructure of recreation, but its vast beaches and clean sea with absolutely no sharks (which in itself is quite rare in these parts), attract thousands of visitors not only from across the country, but also because of its limits. Pay special attention to the local Islamic morality - even modestly clad bathers, especially women, may be punished for being too "geeky looks and naked body," women assumed to swim at least in the trousers. To the south of Cox Bazar are more isolated beach - beaches Himacheri and Inanna.

Sep Martin - a small island, only 8 square. km. coral 10 km. the south-west of the southern coast of the continent. This is a small tropical paradise with white sandy beaches, framed by thickets of coconut palms and abundant marine life. This is the best place in the country for tanning, clean and peaceful place, even without the ubiquitous mosquitoes capable of any other place in the country completely spoil the mood of even the most patient traveler.

Sundarbans National Park - the largest mangrove forest in the world - 38.5 thousand sq.. km. forests, of which approximately a third part is always in the water. Rowing boat - the only way to bypass most interesting places of the national park, which stretches almost 80 km. from the coast to the hinterland. It consists of about 400 royal Bengal tigers (one of the largest populations of this species in the world) and about 30 thousand deer. The park also serves as the home of a peculiar people "sea gypsies", the whole family of fishermen who are caught fish, using a unique "gear" - hand, specially trained otters.