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:: The Shrine of Hazrat
Shah Jalal
Shrine
of Saint Hazrat Shah Jalal is the most historical interest
in Sylhet town.
Today, more than six hundred years after his death,
the shrine is visited by innumerable devotees of every
caste and creed, who make the journey from far away
places. Legend says, the great saint who came from Delhi
to preach Islam and defeated the then Hindu Raja (king)
Gour Gobinda, transformed the witchcraft followers of
the Raja into catfishes which are still alive in the
tank adjacent to the shrine Swords, the holy Quran and
the robes of the holy saint are still preserved in the
shrine.
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Temple of Sri Chaitannya Dev
About
500 years old famous about 45 km southeast from Sylhet
town. The place is revered from being the ancestral
home of the famous Vaishnava saint. Yearly fair is organized
on the full moon day of the Bangla month Falgun. Hundreds
and thousands of devotees from home and abroad attend
this colorful fair.
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Shahi Edgah
Three
kilometers to the northeast of the circuit house, the
Shahi Eidgah was built on a hill by the Mughal Emperor
Aurangazeb in the 17th century. It looks like a grade
fort but is actually meant for Eid congregation-the
two biggest Muslim festivals
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Gour Gobinda Fort
The
Murarichand Government College is situated in a beautiful
surrounding on a hilltop. To the northwest of the college
lie the remains of King Gour Govinda's Fort.
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