Sunamganj Tour & Travel Guide

Bangladesh is a beautiful country. There are lots of beautiful traveling places in Bangladesh. In our previous post we already have talked about lots of beautiful traveling places of Bangladesh. Every year lots of traveler come to Bangladesh for make travel or tour here. Our early post was about tour or travel at Sreemangal, tour or travel at Sylhet, tour or travel at Chittagong, tour or travel at Bandarban, tour or travel at Khagrachari, tour or travel at Rangamati, and tour or travel at Panchagarh. Our post will be helpful to all of you to make a good trip in Bangladesh. We believe Bangladesh life solution will be a great solution for your traveling problem and also a good guide line to make your travel or tour easy.

As all of us know traveling is a good habit. Traveling is helpful in many ways. It will help you to recreation your mind and it will refresh you and the more important fact it will help you to increase your knowledge and idea about your surrounded area. When you travel to any place you will get knowledge about that place, the life style of the people of that place, we will know about the culture of them also. It will help you to minimize your all kind of tensions and will relief you from the unnecessary pain. That’s why we are here with our new post on Sunamganj. First let us know something about Sunamganj.

Sunamganj

Sunamganj is located in the Sylhet Division. It is another beautiful place of Bangladesh. It is different from other traveling places of Bangladesh. Everyday lots of travelers travel in this place. Here you will get both natural and archeological traveling spot in Sunamganj. Let us know about Sunamganj. The Coordinate of Sunamganj is 25.030869°N 91.403761°E which is situated at Bangladesh and the division of this beautiful traveling spot is Sylhet and the district of Sunamganj city is Sunamganj district.

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Sunamganj is situated at northeast side of Bangladesh. Around Sunamaganj there is beautiful Sylhet District to the east, Habiganj District to the South and Netrokona District to the west and the north side is India. The name of Sunamganj was named after Sipai Sunamuddin. Many generations ago, he started a bazaar on the banks of Surma River. The beautiful places of Sunamganj are mainly situated in border area. There are lots of rivers in Sunamgang but the main rivers are Surma River, Kushiyara River, Ratna River, Da’uka another name Danuka River. The main attraction of Sunamganj is Haors and Beels means wetlands ecosystems which are mainly in the border side of Bangladesh.

As we said there are lots of traveling places in Sunamganj but we will discuss about tour at Tanguar Haor, tour at Jadukata River Bank, tour at Hason Raja Memorial Royal Palace, tour or travel at Laurer Garh, tour or travel at Chhatak Cement Factory, tour or travel at Paper Mill, tour or travel at Barik Tila, tour or travel at Matir Mosque, tour or travel at Taker Ghat Lime Stone (CaCo3) Field, tour or travel at Graveyard of 48 Martyr Freedom Fighter, tour or travel at Remnants of the palace of Raja Bijoy Singh (16th century, Tahirpur upazila), tour or travel at Bagbari Tila (Chhatak upazila), tour at Dolura Memorial, tour or travel at Narayantara Christian Missionary, tour or travel at Sukhair Kalibari temple etc.

Tanguar Haor:

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The spots we named are the most beautiful traveling places of Sunamganj. Above all of these traveling places Tanguar Haor is the most beautiful place. Tanguar Haor is mainly wetlands ecosystems area. Haor means a vast area which if full of water in the time of rainy season but in the time of summer it is a field of various crops. Tanguar Haor is the 2nd biggest Haor of Bangladesh. Tanguar Haor is in the border area of Bangladesh. June to December is the best time to travel in Haor area. Before that time the Haor is look like a crop field. During the month of June the field is starting to fill up by water. If you travel to Tanguar Haor at the time of June to October you will find the watery beauty of the Haor. And if you travel at the time of November to December you can see lots of foreign birds who also come to travel our country. (NOTE: “PLEASE DON’T HART THEM, DON’T KILL THEM”). Both of these two times you can travel by boat and can watch the beauty of nature. Boat journey is little bit costly so it will better if you travel in group of 10-15 people. 

This is all about Tanguar Haor. Tangaur Haor is one of the most beautiful and magnificent traveling places of Bangladesh. Every year lots of people travel here to spend some beautiful moment of their life. Haor is naturally a vast area. If you travel this kind of vast area it will play a great impact on your life. Traveling to these kinds of spot will help you to think big, these kinds of spot will magnify your mind. With a magnificent and broad mind you can take dissection of your life easily. By giving you these kinds of information we prefer to say that Bangladesh life solution will be a great solution and a great guide line to you.

How to go:

You can go Sunamganj from Dhaka by bus. Busses are Shyamoli, Hanif, Ena etc. Rent will be tk. 500 per person. From Sunamganj you have to go to Boithakhali then have to cross the river. You can find lots of motor-bikes on the other side. By bike you have to go to Tahirpur rent will be tk. 150 per person. From Tahipur you can hire a boat to travel in Haor. Rent will be 1000-1200 tk.

Where to stay:

There are lots of Hotels in Sunamganj. The hotels are Surmavelly residential Resort, Hotel Nurani, Hotel Mizan, Hotel Nur etc. All of them are in Sunamganj main city. It is very easy to go any traveling spot form Sunamganj city. If anyone travels to Tanguar Haor he or she can spend whole day and a night in haor.

Laurer Garh:

Laurer Garh is one of the most important traveling spot of Sunamganj of Bangladesh. Laurer Garh is also situated at the border area of Bangladesh. By traveling in Laurer Garh you can see the beauty of Bangladesh. In Laurer Garh you will find the hills fitting in different layers, trees with various shades of green and obviously a river passing by this spot. Laurer Garh is a nice traveling spot for site seeing and an ideal picnic spot for families or friends or travelers. Laurer Garh is named by the name of Laur kingdom. Once there was a kingdom named Laur. But at present time you will get no sign of that time on that traveling spot.

How to go and Where to stay:

You can go Laurer Garh from Dhaka you have to go Sunamganj first by bus. The bus services are Shyamoli, Hanif, Ena etc. Rent will be tk. 500 per person. From Sunamganj you have to go to Boithakhali then have to cross the river. You can find lots of motor-bikes on the other side. By bike you have to go to Tahirpur rent will be tk. 150 per person. From Tahipur you can hire a boat to travel in Haor. Rent will be 1000-1200 tk. By crossing the Haor you can go at Laurer Garh. It will take at least 1.5 or 2 hours to go this place. By the time of traveling you can observe the scenic beauty of Bangladesh and obviously of Sunamganj. There are lots of Hotels in Sunamganj. The hotels are Surmavelly residential Resort, Hotel Nurani, Hotel Mizan, Hotel Nur etc. All of them are in Sunamganj main city. It is very easy to go any traveling spot form Sunamganj city. If anyone travels to Tanguar Haor he or she can spend whole day and a night in haor also.

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Tangaur Haor and the Laurer Garh are the natural beauty of Sunamganj. To travel these spots will refresh your mind. If you travel those places you will find peace there. You will get knowledge about the life style of the places; you will get knowledge about the wild life also. We have trid to give you a good guide line about these beautiful places of Bangladesh. Sunamganj is not only the land of natural beauty but also it has the beauty of archeology. There are lots of beautiful archeological traveling places in Sunamganj. It is one of most important place for those travelers who like the archeology very much. Now we will discuss about some of these beautiful archeological places.

Dolura Memorial:

Dolura memorial is another traveling spot of Sunamganj. It is stand for as a wetness of the respect and admiration to the martyrs of the liberation war of Bangladesh. There were lots of battles happened in Sunamganj during the liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. Dolura memorial is stand as witness and it bears the evidence of this great war of Bangladesh. This memorial is situated at the top of the hill of Sunamganj. When you will travel this place you will see the natural beauty of the place. You will see the flowing river at the time of traveling. Some of the martyrs of the war of 1971 was fought here and buried here. In 1973 this Dalura memorial was build. It was build particularly 48 of the martyrs of the liberation war on 1971. This beautiful calmness place will help you to refresh your mind and it will fill up your life with great purity and enhance your love for you own country Bangladesh.

Narayntara Christian Missionary:

Narayntara Christian Missionary is another traveling spot or place of Sunamganj. It is a Christian Missionary. This missionary was build with the goal to preach Christian religion among the local people of Sunamganj. This missionary also strengthens on spreading the light of education. It always tries to help people to develop their life and living standard of the Sunamganj. To do these kinds of glorious work this missionary was build near Doluar. It is situated at the most quite place of Sunamganj. It is situated far from the chaos and all kind of hustling and busting of the city life. The building of the Narayntara Christian Missionary is very beautiful. The building of the Narayntara Christian Missionary was build with beautiful architectural features. There is a beautiful rest house also in Narayntara Christian Missionary. The Narayntara Christian Missionary is completely surrounded by the beautiful nature. There are lots of beautiful trees and forests around this missionary. The Narayntara Christian Missionary will be a great spot for travel if you want a break from the monotony of city life.

How to go & Where to stay:

You can travel to these two places very easily. To go these places you have to go first Sunamganj from Dhaka by bus. Busses are Shyamoli, Hanif, Ena etc. Rent will be tk. 500 per person. From Sunamganj you have to go to these two places. There are lots of Hotels in Sunamganj. The hotels are Surmavelly residential Resort, Hotel Nurani, Hotel Mizan, Hotel Nur etc. All of them are in Sunamganj main city. It is very easy to go any traveling spot form Sunamganj city. The more important face is the hotel cost is nor so high in Sunamganj. If anyone wants to stay in Tanguar Haor he or she can also get the facilities to stay in haor. For that you have to hire a boat only.

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Sunamganj is very beautiful places to travelers. Traveling in there it will be great experience of your life. In our next post, we will discuss about Khulna. Bangladesh is a small country which is full of beauty and endless repository. Bangladesh has a lot of tourist place. For easy traveling solution and better knowing about those places and for have a good guide line, we divided those places into different categories. If you want to see our category list, you have to move our category post. To move, please click here. In our next post of Bangladesh life solution we will give you information about the beautiful spots of Khulna. We always try to give you a good guide lines and proper solution about the traveling problem. You will find all kind of information and solution about traveling problem in Bangladesh traveling solution guide which is a part of life solution.

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Sylhet tourism guide

At present backdrop, now a day’s Bangladesh has become one of the most important traveling places to the tourist. And the most important fact is, it is not only to the people of Bangladesh but also for the foreign people. By taking this importantly, we are trying to give the proper and appropriate guide lines (as much as we can do) about travel in Bangladesh. We believe that it will be a great solution of your traveling problem. In our previous discussions we have been talking about many important and beautiful traveling places of Bangladesh. Such as Bandarban, Nilgiri, Tindu, also about some place of Khagrachari district and some place of Rangamati district. Today we will talk about another most beautiful and obviously most important traveling place “SYLHET”. 

At present time Sylhet has become very important traveling spot Bangladesh to the tourist. Sylhet is one of the most beautiful traveling or tourism spot of Bangladesh. In Sylhet there are various kinds of traveling spots like beautiful tea gardens, lots of beautiful rivers, some hills which are may be small but very beautiful to look at, some beautiful haurs and some historical places. In Sylhet there are some falls also as traveling spot. We will discuss all about these tourism spots in our site. We will give you guide line and solution of traveling problem that you faces when you travel. First of all let us see something about SYLHET.

SYLHET:

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The coordinates of Sylhet is about 24°53′52″N91°52′17″E.Sylhet is one of the most beautiful and most attractive tourism spots of Bangladesh. It is situated on banks of the “SURMA RIVER”. According to the geographical map it is in the north-east Bangladesh. There are near about 500,000 people live in sylhet. There are lots of beautiful places in sylhet. Tea estates, sub-tropical hills, rain forests and river valleys are surrounding the city. Even there are lots of shrine and mazar in sylhet. Because it is also the Islamic spiritual center and was the home of some biggest Islamic Sufis. That’s why it is also known as city of 360 Sufis. Among all of them the most important are “HAZRAT SHAH JALAL (R)” & “HAZARAT SHAH PARAN (R)”. Lots of important persons have born in sylhet. Such as Genarel M.A.G Osmani the Commander-in-Chief of Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971, one of the most famous actor of Bangladesh Salman Shah etc. About Sylhet, there is one more important fact & that is- The Sylhet Division produces most of Bangladesh's tea yield and natural gas. So that’s why Sylhet has become one of the most important traveling zones and one of the most attractive places to the tourist. 

Till now we have known about Sylhet and it’s beauty. Now we discuss about the main attraction of Sylhet district. Actually there are lots of beautiful places in Sylhet. But we will discuss on Bangladesh life solution about tour and travel to Kean Bridge and the Ali Amjad Clock, Surma River, Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R), Shrine of Hazrat Shah Paran (R), Malinichora tea estate, Lakkatora tea estate, Projoton hill, Motel and advance world, Monipuri muziam, Muziam of Raza’s, Shah Jalal University, Jitu Mia’s house, Sri Coitonna’s house, Jaflong, Lalakhal, Jointapur, Panthomai fall, Bichanakandi, Pianin river, Borohill fall, Lovachora tea estate, Volagonj, Hakaloki haur, Horipur gas field, Jakaria park etc are the main attractions of Sylhet district. Anyway, today we will discuss about some of those places. First let’s know about Kean Bridge and the Ali Amjad Clock & Surma River. 

Kean Bridge and the Ali Amjad Clock:

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There is an ancient iron bridge on bank of Surma River when you put first step in the city. One can spend some pleasant time on the bank. It’s too much exciting to roam on boot. Near the bridge you can see the Ali Amzad’s 140 year’s old watch. That place would be a beautiful tourism spot to the travelers who like adventure. Michel kin was the governor of Asam state in previous century. He came to visit the Sylhet. To remind his charming memory this bridge has been constructed. According to the history, then train was the only medium to contact with Asam. For reasonable reason this historical iron bridge was made. In 1933 the railway department started to construct the bridge. And in 1936 the construction of the bridge was completed and opened for all. In 1971 during the liberation war the regiment of East Pakistan blown away some part of it by dynamite. After the liberation war it was repaired by woods and some other elements and opened for small vehicles. 

Surma River:

Surma River is one of the most beautiful and one of biggest river of Bangladesh. Surma River is a part of Surma-Meghna River system. This river starts from the Barak River of India. Surma River is divided into two parts one is Surma River and another is Kushiyara River. The average depth of Surma River is near about 280 feet or 86 m and maximum depth is about 550 or 170 m. Surma River is a perfect watery place to have a beautiful boat journey and this is also a great opportunity to have a family and friends time. Every year the program of “Boat rowing” is held on this famous Surma River.

How to go:

Now the main problem is how to go or how to reach in Sylhet. To go Sylhet from Dhaka one can use bus, train or air lines. The bus services are Shymoly, Hanif, Ena, Egal,Shohag, Greenlineare some main bus services. The rent of A/C service will be 1200 tk (+,-) and the rent of none A/C service will be 470 tk. The train services are Kalni, Jountika, Upoban etc. Rent would be 245tk to 1300tk depending on classes.

Where to stay: 

There are lots of hotels in Sylhet city. Some of the main hotels are Hotel Eastern Gate and Panahar Restaurant Sylhet, Hotel Gulshan Sylhet, Hotel Dargah View, Greenland Hotel and Restaurant, Hotel City Link International, Surma Valley Rest House, Hotel Baharain Residential, Hotel Qureishi Residence, Hotel Ajmeer, Hotel Payra etc.

That was all about Kean Bridge and the Ali Amjad Clock and about the Surma River. We believe that our information will be a great solution for your traveling problem and a good guide lines for your travel. Such beautiful places those two are. If anyone travels in Sylhet which is a very important tourism spot, he or she should go there to observe the beauty of these two places. Now we will discuss about Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R). We hope that you will also like this historical and beautiful traveling or tourism place too and we will be great solution of your traveling problem.

Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R): 

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The full name of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) is Shah Jalal ad-Din al-Mujarrad al-Turk al Naqshbandi (1271 CE to 15 March 1364 CE). Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was one of the most important Sufi Muslim at that time of Bengal. Hazrat Shah Jalal’s name is associated with the Muslim movement into the north eastern Bengal. He was the spread of Islam in Bangladesh through Sufism. There is a long history of his of travel between the Middle East, Persia, Central Asia and South Asia. According to the history, Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) arrived at Sylhet in 1303. The Mazar of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) is situated at Sylhet. Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was the teacher of Sunnah of Muslim religion. He was performing prayers in solitary atmosphere. Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) always lead a solitary, retire and lonely life as an ascetic. For this Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was called by the name of Al Mujarrad. He was given the name by Shaykh-ul-Mashaykh. Hazrat Shah Jalal’s (R) birthday and birth place was not confirmed by the history. But a number of scholars have claimed that Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was born in 1271 CE in Turkey. And he travel to Yemen for further learning. Again, some believe Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was born in Yemen. 

The name of his mother was Syeda Hasina Fatima and the name of his father was Mohammad bin Ibrahim. Hazrat Shah Jalal’s (R) father was a Muslim cleric. Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was raised by his uncle named Syed Ahmed Kabir who lived in Mecca. He was learned from him also. Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was Hafiz of islam and became an Islamic Theology. It took 30 years to achieve the spiritual education. He did lot’s of practice and meditation to achieve the spiritual education of his entire life. According to the legend it was known that, once one of his uncles Sheikh Kabir gave Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) a handful of soil. Then he asked Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) to travel to India. He asked Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) to propagate Islam in any place of India where the soil was exactly matches that which Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was given by his uncle in both smell and color. As a result Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) started his travel to India to settle Islam and he found the match of the soil in Sylhet of Bangladesh.

Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) devoted himself to Islam for his entire life. He was a very simple person. His life was very simple. Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) travels a lot of countries. He was a great guide line to the people of Sylhet about Islam. Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) always tried to help people and tried to give them good solution of their problems. After traveling in Sylhet Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) spend his rest of life in here. Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) was died in 15 March 1346 CE. His dargah is situated in Sylhet which is known as Dargah Mahalla. It is one of the most important shrine of Bangladesh. It is very well known traveling place to the traveler for travel. There is a mosque in here which is the largest mosque in Sylhet and one of the largest in Bangladsh.

How to go:

Now we will discuss how should travel in Sylhet and the shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R). For traveling in Sylhet from Dhaka one can use bus, train or air lines. The bus services are Shymoly, Hanif, Ena, Egal,Shohag, Greenlineare some main bus services. The rent of A/C service will be 1200 tk (+,-) and the rent of none A/C service will be 470 tk. The train services are Kalni, Jountika, Upoban etc. Rent would be 245tk to 1300tk depending on classes of train. After you reach Sylhet you can go Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) shrine by rickshaw or CNG. If you travel there by rickshaw the rent will be 60-70tk and if you travel by CNG the rent will be 120-150tk. 

Where to stay: 

After traveling in Sylhet you can stay in hotels or in Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) shrine. There are lots of hotels in Sylhet city. The main hotels of Sylhet are Hotel Eastern Gate and Panahar Restaurant Sylhet, Hotel Gulshan Sylhet, Hotel Dargah View, Greenland Hotel and Restaurant, Hotel City Link International, Surma Valley Rest House, Hotel Baharain Residential, Hotel Qureishi Residence, Hotel Ajmeer, Hotel Payra etc. you can stay in Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) shrine at the time of URASH.

Well this was all about Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) and his shrine. It is an archeological traveling or tourism  place of Sylhet and also of Bangladesh. It is a very beautiful place for travel. If anyone travels this place he or she can get knowledge and a good guide lines about this place. We believe our information will be a great solution to make your travel in that historical and beautiful place. Our guide lines will help you to observe the beauty of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) shrine. 

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Well, today we have talked about only a few places of Sylhet and those places are Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) shrine, Kean Bridge and Surma River. These tourism places are really so much beautiful traveling places. In our next discussion we will talk about some other new tourism places like Shrine of Shrine of Hazrat Shah Paran, Malinichora tea estate, Lakkatora tea estate, Jaflong, Lala Khal, etc. we will also discuss about the beauty of Sreemangal in our next post. Have a good day & obviously have a good tour.

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