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Pohela Boishakh - 1420: A Cultural Tourism in Bangladesh
Pohela Boishakh is the first day of Bengali year when a new year begins. Pohela Boishakh is one of the biggest festivals in Bangladesh. E...
Pohela Boishakh - 1420: A Cultural Tourism in Bangladesh
Pohela Boishakh is the first day of Bengali year when a new year begins. Pohela Boishakh is one of the biggest festivals in Bangladesh. Every year the people of Bangladesh celebrate this day with more and more pleasure as it is a culture of Bangladesh. The whole country forms into a festive mood. It occurs in 14th April in every year. Like every year the people of Bangladesh has celebrated the Pohela Boishakh 1420 in 14th April, 2013.
Chayanot:
The
first program of the day was started by Chayanot at Ramna under the banyan tree
(Ramna Botmul) in Dhaka. In the early morning
the program was started with various songs especially the song of Rabindranath
Tagore – “Esho he Boishakh, esho esho….”, poems, and dance at 6.15
am. There were the students of Chayanot. Actually they sang the songs. Totally
110 singers participated in which there were 42 child singers. Sanjida Khatun
was was the President of this program. Thousands of people attend there.
Mongol Shovajatra (Procession for welfare):
One
of the main attractions of the Pohela Boishakh’s celebration is the Mongol
Shovajatra (a procession for welfare) that holds in the area of University of Dhaka. Like every year the students of
Fine Arts of University of Dhaka has made many items for the purpose of the
Pohela Boishakh. Mongol Shovajatra was started at 11.00 am. In this Procession
thousands of people of all ages, religions and classes participated with
colorful dressing, flute, dram and so on. There were a dove and a large snake on this
procession. The dove represented peace and the demonized snake represented the
communal forces that trouble the nation. In every year there is a theme in this
procession. In this year there was a theme that was “Rajakar Free Bangladesh,
Endless Struggle for Freedom”. The procession was started from the Institute of Fine Arts,
and then it went to Shahbag, Motso Bhaban, Doel Chattar, TSC and ended in the Institute of Fine Arts.
To
eat Panta-Elish has become the tradition and culture of Pohela Boishakh. People
took Panta-Elish with chili and different kinds of Vorta (something boiled).
Halkhata:
From
this day the business people started their new account. To get money from their
debtor, they invite them and entertain with different kinds of foods.
Alpona in Manikmia Avenue:
Something
difference has been done in this year that is painting on the road. It is
called “Alpona”. To welcome 1420, the people of Dhaka painted on the road at Manikmia Avenue
with the help of “airtel of Bangladesh”.
They made one of the biggest alpona where there were 270 artists, 4000 liters
of paint and thousands of friends. Thus they made one great 30000 square feet
alpona. The people did this before the night of Pohela Boisakh.
The
Pohela Boishakh was celebrated through all over the countries. You may come here to enjoy cultural tourism.
N.B: This video is collected from Airtel Buzz
N.B: This video is collected from Airtel Buzz
Ahsan Manzil - Dhaka
Ahsan Manzil is one of the most
significant architectural Monuments of Bangladesh. It is situated at Kumratoli
on the bank of Buriganga River in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. It
was the palace of
Nawab family. Now it is
used as museum.
In the mid of 18th
century, Sheikh Enayet Ullah who was the landlord of Jamalpur Porgona, built a
beautiful palace and named it as Rang Mahal. After that his son, Sheikh Moti
Ullah, sold the Rang Mahal to the French business people. That’s why it was
familiar as business house for a long time. After that Khwaja Alimullah purchased
the business house in 1835 and started to live here. Nawab Abdul Ghani, the son of
Khwaja Alimullah rebuilt the palace and it took thirteen years to complete. The
construction task started in 1859 and completed in 1872. After the completion he named it as Ahsan Manzil after his son Khwaja Ahsan
Ullah. In the eastern side of the Ahsan Manzil, Khwaja Ahsan Ullah built a new
building with a different design. Since then the new one was called as “Ondor
Mahal” and the old one was called “Rong Mahal”.
Now Ahsan Manzil is used as
museum and one of the most attractive tourist spot in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
If you enter into the area of this palace through the gate, you can see
beautiful garden with various flowers beside the road. You may be more
attracted by seeing these various flowers with various colors. There is a big
green field in front of the Manzil. There is also a big stairs coming from the
Manzil to the field. The Ahsan Manzil is divided into two parts – the eastern side
called as “Rong Mahal” and the western side called as “Ondor Mahal”. You can
see 23 galleries in Ahsan Manzil.
In gallery one, you can know the
history of Ahsan Manzil and about the two parts of Ahsan Manzil.
In gallery two, you will get
historical information.
In gallery three, you can see a
dining room where there are mirrors, almirah and various things made by glass.
In gallery four, you can see
drums, swords, armed and figures those were used by Nawabs. The dome that can
be seen from the outside of the Manzil is in this gallery. The palace with this
dome was only one highest building on that period in Dhaka.
Thus you can know and enjoy all
of galleries if you visit this palace. If you complete visiting all around of
this palace going there, you will want to visit again. As beautiful as this
palace is!
However you can come in Dhaka and visit “Ahsan Manzil” in your leisure time. Hope
you will enjoy the moment as long as you visit this beautiful palace.
– S. Saha.
Bagerhat - Shat Gombuj Masjid
Shat Gombuj Masjid |
In
mid 15th century, a muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable
mangrove forest of the sundarbans near the seacoast in Bagerhat district by a
saint Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was earliest torchbearer of Islam in the south who
laid the nucleus of an affluent city during the reason of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud
Shah (1442-59), then known as ‘Khalifatabad’ (present Bagerhat). Khan Jahan
adorned his city with numerous mosques, tanks, roads and public buildings. The
most spectacular of which is the imposing multi-domed mosque in Bangladesh,
known as the Shat Gombuj Masjid. The stately fabric monument stands on the
eastern bank of a vast sweet water tank, clustered round by the heavy foliage
of low-lying countryside characteristic of a seacoast landscape.
Now
this mosque is one of the most attractive places in Bangladesh
where thousands of people of Bangladesh
visit this mosque everyday. If you go there you can see that the mosque is
roofed over with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchla or four sided domes in
the middle row. The prayer hall is provided with 11 arched doorways on east and
7 each on north and south for ventilation and light. It has 7 longitudinal
aisles and 11deep bays by a forest of slender stone columns. From these columns
spring rows of endless arches, support the domes. The arches are six feet in
thickness, have slightly tapering hollow and round walls. The interior and the
exterior of the mosque give a view of rather plain architecture but the
interior western wall of the mosque was beautifully decorated with terracotta
flowers and foliage. The mosque was not only used as a prayer hall but also
used as the court of Khan Jahan Ali. Most of the Muslim tourists going there
take prayer in this mosque. There is a museum beside this mosque that you can
first see entering through the gate. There is much terracotta in this museum.
There are also many things such as glass, plate etc. which are used on the
period off Khan Jahan Ali. There is a “Park” beside this masjid called ‘Sundarban
Resorts and Picnic Corner”. You can also spend some moments here.
The
mausoleum of Khan Jahan Ali is not so far from the Shat Gombuj Mosque. You
can also go there. It is called the mazar of Khan Jahan Ali. It is one stored
building that has a unique and beautiful dome. Inside of this building Khan
Jahan Ali was buried. The building was made of beautiful stones. It is said
that these stones are brought from Chittagong
by Khan Jahan Ali.
Khan Jahan Ali's Mazhar |
There
is also a beautiful and big lake on the back side of the Shat Gombuj Masjid that is called Ghora Dighi. There
is an interesting history before named this lake. It is said that a horse was
given up to run and as far as the horse could cover by running, that area would
be accepted for the length of the lake. Thus this Dighi or lake was dug and
that’s why this lake is called “Ghora Dighi”.
There is a renowned college in Bagerhat named Prafullo Chandra (P.C.) College. If you go to Bagerhat, you can also visit this college that has a big college ground and a pond. And inside this college there is a Idol of Prafullo Chandra. There is a mission here that is only for Hindu students named "Ramkrishno Mission".
Lalbag Fort - Dhaka
Lalbag Fort is one of the oldest historical
site in Bangladesh.
It is situated on the bank of Buriganga
River at Lalbag in the most southern
part of Dhaka. The former name of Lalbag is he
Fort of Aurangabad. Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb took action to build Lalbag fort
on his ruling period. The son of Emperor Aurangzeb, Prince Mohammad Azam
started to construct this building of Labag Fort in 1678 AD. After only one
year before the completion of this fort
Emperor Aurangzeb called
him to Dilli for fighting against Maratha. That’s why he had to go without
completing the construction work. Then Nawab Shaista Khan restarted the
construction work coming at Dhaka in 1680 AD.
After the death of his daughter, Pori Bibi, he stopped the construction work of
this fort. There built a tomb of Pori Bibi between inside the Conference room
and Mosque. At last the construction of this fort was incomplete. On that time
this fort was named after Aurangzed - the fort of Aurangabad.
At present Lalbag
fort is one of the most popular tourist spots in Dhaka City.
Everyday thousands of people visit this place. There are three attractive gates
of Lalbag Fort. Two of them are always closed and another one is opened for
all. If you enter this fort, you can see the square sized building first that
is attracted most. The garden with various flowers inside this fort will give
you so much pleasure. Inside this fort there are three architectures –
conference room, tomb of Pori Bibi and Shahi mosque in the Northern-Southern
part of this fort. Besides there is an attractive gate in the Soutern-Eastern
part. There are also two unknown graves inside this fort and some fountains.
There is only one pond in Lalbag fort that is square sized and
well-constructed. Besides there is a Cannon beside the residence of Shaista
khan which was used in different war on that time. The most attractive things
are the residence of Shaista khan and conference room that are used as museum
at present. In this museum there are more beautiful things that you can see
going there.
Museum |
If you want to
enter into the Lalbag fort you have to buy ticket by 10 TK. The ticket are sold
beside the gate of Lalbag fort. This fort is closed at Sunday for full day and
Monday for half day.
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