Old Dhaka

I saw some statuettes sellers in old dhaka. They sell statuettes in the street. We can see many statuettes on the occasion of the Hindu festival of Maha shivaratri. Hinduism is the second largest religious affiliation in Bangladesh after Islam with an estimated 10.5% of the population as practising Hindus.

Old dhaka is very crowded places and their house structure also not well organized. Most of he houses of the old dhaka is not well planned so there is a bit risk that accident can be occured.

Durga puja is the major festival of Hindu. In Durga puja, there are many people gathered in shakhari bazar. Because worship is going on in that place by making a small Mondir.Besides hindu, muslims are used to come here to see the puja of Hindu.In Durga puja, shakhari bazar looks quite nice because of colourful feston, banner etc. Small food shops is being built during Durga puja in Shakhari bazar. People from diffrent places came shakhari bazar to see the Puja.

Some of my friends live in old dhaka. Thats why i went old dhaka many a times. I went to the buringanga river with my friends while i was in old Dhaka. In Buringanga river there is a shadarghat terminal. We went there and get up on the boats and roaming the buringanga river. I enjoyed that moment very much.

In Ramadan time I like the place Old dhaka very much. Because in that time we can find variety of iftar in old dhaka.For example shuti kabab, boro baper pola khai, gorur chap, special chop etc. last Ramadan me and my friends went to chakbazar for taking iftar. we enjoyed that moment very much when we bought iftar from there. We buy couple of sweets box to take iftar on it.Then we walk and whetver we liked we bought and took it on that box. Then we sat on the small restaurant and ate our iftar.

As i said earleir that i have many friends in old dhaka so i had to go old dhaka many a times. I like the Jagannath University which is situated in the southern part of the city of Dhaka near the Buriganga. Actualy this is very prestigious educational institution. Some times i went there to gossip with my friends. And i also played cricket in the field of jagannath university.

I went the Ramakrishna Mission one time with my friends which was set up in 1899. My friends said that it is devoted to the twin ideals of contemplative life and social service. He knows very much about it because he was belong from old dhaka.The Ramakrishna Mission is open to people of all faiths. It observes Hindu religious festivals such as DURGA Puja, KALI Puja as well as important Muslim, Buddhist and Christian festivals.

I went to the Anglican Church few a times. It is better known as the St. Thomas Church is the Church of Bangladesh. It is Built in 1819, which is one of the older churches in the region. I have heared that convicts from Dhaka Jail gave their labour to build this church as well. The attraction of this building, built after the style of the prevalent contemporary Indian Churches, is a clock tower.

I went baldah garden long time ago with my friends which is located at Wari, in the old part of Dhaka. Its a very nice park for roaming. I have heared that the total area of the Baldah Garden covers 3.38 acres. Many celebrities have visited here including Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. His poem Camelia was actually written while he was staying in this Joy House.

I went to Dhakeshwari Temple one time with my friends which is the oldest Hindu temple in Dhaka City. Its a very beautiful temple. The meaning of the name is “Temple of the Goddess of Dhaka”. I saw that this temple complex has undergone repairs, renovation and rebuilding in its long years of existence and its present condition does not clearly show any of its original architectural characteristics. I think that it is certainly an essential part of the cultural heritage of Dhaka city.

Its a very nice place. I went there long time ago. I have heared from my friends that Bara Katra was designed and built by Mughal emperor Shahjahan’s son Shah Shuja. Emperor Shah Shuja had initially wished to use this place as his Shahi Mahal but for unknown reasons changed his plan. Choto Katra was built in 1663 by Shayesta Kha, Subedar of Gujrat and later Bengal, chief commander of the army in the Golkunda battle after he arrived here.

I went chawk-bazar many a times. Specially In Ramadan timer i went there a lot. Last Ramadam i went there with my friends and take iftar. I enjoyed very much taking iftar in chawk-bazar. I also did pray in shahi Mosqure which is situated in Chawk-bazar.

Actually i never went to ahsan Manjil. But I heared Ahsan manjil is very nice place. It attracts the tourists. I heard that its Built on the bank of river Buriganga in Dhaka and the pink majestic Ahsan Manzil is a part of nations cultural heritage.This palace now has 31 rooms 23 galleries displaying portraits, furniture, household articles and collections belonging to Nawabs’ families. The red colored additional building is used as a museum to display paintings, furniture and collections. So if you go in this place then you able to discover this.