The Bangladesh Travel Guide
Ramsagar
This beautiful tank is situated in the Tajpur Village of Dinajpur District. It is currently the largest tank ever built in Bangladesh. The climate of Dinajpur is colder than the other areas of Rangpur. There are many folk tales about this water bank, which took place during the 17th century. It is a must visit the place, if you ever go to Dinajpur.
:: Shopnopuri
Shopnopuri is one of the most beautiful artificial tourist spot in North Bengal. You can go there either from Hili or from Dinajpur. There you can enjoy your full day watching this artificial beauty.
Shopnopuri is one of the most beautiful artificial tourist spot in North Bengal. You can go there either from Hili or from Dinajpur. There you can enjoy your full day watching this artificial beauty.
[Shopnopuri - Tourist Spot]
:: Kantajees Temple [Dinajpur]
Kantajee’s Temple is in Dinajpur district. It is the most ornate among the late medieval temples of Bangladesh is the Kantajee’s temple near Dinajpur town, which was established in the year 1722 by Ram Nath, son of Maharaja Pran Nath . This temple represents the popular God of Hinduism Krishna. It was built during the 18th century. It is situated in the Kahorol Upazila, which is the west of Dinajpur-Tentulia Highway. While your way to this temple, you can enjoy the scenery of the Dhappa River.
The temple, a 51' square three storied edifice, rests on a slightly curved raised plinth of sandstone blocks, believed to have been quarried from the ruins of the ancient city of Bangarh near Gangharampur in West Bengal. It was originally a navaratna temple, crowned with four richly ornamental corner towers on two stores and a central one over the third stored.
Unfortunately these ornate towers collapsed during an earthquake at the end of the 19th century. ln spite of this, the monument rightly claims to bathe finest extant example of its type in brick and terracotta, built by Bengali artisans. The central cells is surrounded on all sides by a covered verandah, each pierced by three entrances, which are separated by equally ornate dwarf brick pillars, Corresponding to the three delicately cusped entrances of the balcony, the sanctum has also three richly decorated arched openings on each face.
[A Part of Kantajee's Temple, Dinajpur]
Every inch of the temple surface is beautifully embellished with exquisite terracotta plaques, representing flora fauna, geometric motifs, mythological scenes and an astonishing array of contemporary social scenes and favorite pastimes. The beautiful wall paints of this temple tell us the story of Ramayan-Mohabharat, Krishna-Lila and Dev-Devies.
