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| Dinajpur Old ornamental temple town |
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| Dinajpur Old ornamental temple town |
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The northern most district of the country offers a number of attractions to the visitors. The Ramsagar (great sea) lake with rest houses is a good picnic spot having facilities for fishing and rowing in a serene and quiet green countryside atmosphere. Kantaji temple, the most moat among the late medieval temples of Bangladesh is situated near Dinajpur town. It was built by Maharaja Pran Nath in 1752 A.D. |
| Paharpur Largest Buddhist seat of learning |
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Paharpur is a small village 5 km. west of Jamalaganj Railway station in the greater Rajshahi district where the remains of the most important and the largest known monastery south of the Himalayas has been excavated. This 8th century archaeological find covers approximately an area of 27 acres of land. The entire establishment, occupying a quadrangular court, measuring more than 900 ft. and from 12ft. to 15ft. in height with elaborate gateway complex on the north, there are 45 cells on the north and 44 in each of other three sides with a total number of 177 rooms. The architecture of the pyramidal cruciform temple is profoundly influence by those of SouthEast Asia, especially Myanmar and Java. It had taken its name from a high mound, which looked like Pahar or Hillock. A site museum built recently houses the representative collection of objects recovered from the area. The excavated findings have also been preserved at the Varendra Research Museum at Rajshahi |