Saturday, August 16, 2008
All in One (Part 4-Ghor/House)
Another feature of Mini Bangladesh is that it has replica of houses from all parts of Bangladesh:
This, as they say, is a Sylhet house.
And this, a Bogra House
You can see a "shan badhano pukur ghat" in front of this Jeshore house.
The "mother" is making "pitha puli" for her sons in this Khulna house (mothers from other places don't make so??)
In this Pabna house, this lady is selling Pabna special pitha puli (so we can say mothers from Pabna usually make pitha-puli to sell outsiders??... hmmm--- no wonder the only MH of BD is in Pabna....)
A replica of a Rangpur house. (can you see the kobutorer basha [pigeon holes] in front of it?)
Where is the Chittagong house?? Maybe I forgot to take a picture of it, cos I thought it was not representative of Chittagong houses... I can put up a million real pictures of Chittagong houses, also from my own Image gallery... :)
There are more pictures of Mini Bangladesh.. Maybe it will run to Part 5! But for now, I have to stop here..
So, till next time (wonder WHEN it comes though!),
~~Biday~~
All in One (Part 3)
Yupp- more pics - from the same location again:
The most beautiful replica in the whole place is Shona Masjid (A historic Masjid). I wonder how beautiful the original piece is, this whole piece-even the replica- is a beauty! I had to take pictures of different bits and pieces of this building, as it's beauty was soo stunning!
The above picture is of the entrance. An important note: this is serving as the real Masjid at the place! So the size is, I believe, as the original (or very close).
Get a glimpse of just a pillar in the above pic.
A close up of one of the many designs covering all over its body.
Another bit from a wall.
One side of the walls of Shona Masjid...
It's so gorgeously built, I thought this Shona Masjid demanded a separate post.
All in one (part 2)
Instead of blabbering any more, I better get started with posting pictures:
This is replica of the wonderful historic "Ahsan Manjil", the original one being located in Puran (Ancient) Dhaka. It is a very historic building, which used to be the residence of some "Nowab".
I haven't been to the original, so trying to do some "dudher shad ghole metano" with this.
The replica itself almost resembles the original, even the size of it is almost the size of original ( am no architect to give you the exact figure). You get the proof when you see the rear side of it- even the rear side is so meticulously accurate!
This is the Kantojir Mandir (the size not being so close to the original). You can see the signboard-unfortunately on the ground, which has it's name written on it.
Replica of the Historic Curzon Hall, which is a part of Dhaka University now. Have I been to the original? Can't recall.. Even if I have seen it from a distance, probably it wasn't a sight so memorable.. so I tried to make this sight of the replica memorable. The pic came dark, and I am still wondering whether I took the pic from the right side.. But who cares, lemme put it up on my blog first!
This is the BORO kuthi. There is one CHOTO kuthi as well. The original history is supposed to be something relating to Rabindranath Tagore. But I am not not a History student, so don't ask me more about it.
Oh yeah, it is where you get on the train- that's all I know about BORO kuthi.
And here comes the Choto Kuthi. Not sure what is this one's function in the park. And it's history? umm, err...
Saturday, June 21, 2008
ALL IN ONE!!
No more excuses for it's already apparent that I need no excuse to go into hiding.
I haven't been roaming that much, so I thought I didn't have any picture to share. But just yesterday I recalled I DID go to some places where cool pics were taken!
Yeah and that ONE place I am talking about includes ALL of Bangladesh! Sounding strange? Well, that's the case with the quite new (few years old) Zia Smriti Complex that encompasses quite a HUGE place, and has replicas of almost all notable structures of Bangladesh. And so, it's called "MINI BANGLADESH" by many..
There are still sooooo many places and tourist attractions yet to be explored by me. But this one place was good enough to quench SOME bit of my thirst of visiting all of BD.
So, no more "pechal" and lemme directly go off to pics now :)
This is the replica of National Monument (Jatio Smritishoudh). I haven't been to the original one, so I liked it!
And this is the mini replica of The Supreme Court. Not that I am a law person, but I still loved the design of this great structure. Yeah, and I didn't visit the original... as well.
Monday, March 31, 2008
MY village
What's so special about my village, you might want to know- it is (most probably)the only village in Bangladesh that has a WEBSITE based on it!
It occupies a special part of my life, and whenever I get the time and the chance, I never miss the opportunity to visit her. You might laugh at me, but I won't hesitate to say, it is the heaven for me. I do have some scattered pics from my village here and there in this blog, but they are not all in one place. And I am not used to tagging posts :(, so these can't be found at one click.
I always wished to share the many great pics I have taken of my village in each of my trips. But there are so many, I decided it demands special attention, just as special it is to me. So I thought of developing a separate blog site on it.
So with that site to describe my village for you, I just shared some random pictures that mean a lot to me! Hope you enjoy it!!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Jaflong
The following pic is taken on the way to Jaflong. It's best if you can start for Jaflong early in the morning, and these clouds playing on the hilltop will create a wonderful welcoming ceremony for you on the way.
The following scenes will appear as you land Jaflong. The workers are working
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Pics of SYLHET
Sylhet in Pictures
Friday, February 29, 2008
Recent pics from Cox's Bazar
This pic is from my visit to the beach n the morning. I couldn't help taking as many pics as possible of the waves. But I don't want to bore you guys with waves only. SO they will stop after just another pic:
I recall reading a special line from "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, one of my favorite books, related to the sea. If not exactly, it says something like "Whenever you visit the sea, you realize how tiny you are". Yes, exactly indeed. The endless horizon teaches us there is no end to its beauty. And to add those lines from that poem we have all read in our childhood (Bangladeshi ones, i mean)-
"Inggite tar shikhay shagor, Ontor hok rotno akor"
(The sea teaches us indirectly, our hearts should be a chest of jewelry)
The greedy sea has eaten up many lives. Yet, its beauty, its splendor attracts us so much that we can't resist the temptation of visiting it, no matter how many times we have had already.
Here are more pics of the splendid sea:
This pic is to prove that Cox Bazar is the longest sea beach :D.
Some people have tried to keep a mark of their love in the beach :)
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
I AM ALIVE!!
The first pic here is taken on the way from Cox's Bazar to Saint Martin's Island.
This second pic represents Saint Martin's Island, the only coral island in Bangladesh. It's a very beautiful place and you should go there, if you are in Bangladesh.
It's best to spent a night there, specially, if it's a full moon night. THe scene of the illuminated waves (not kidding) during the night is a never-to-be-missed scene, believe me!!
We should vow to keep this treasure of ours alive, forever and ever.