Shrine of Bayazid Bostami

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Bangladesh /Chittagong Division /Chittagong District /Chittagong

Shrine of Bayazid Bostami is situated on a hillock at Nasirabad which about 6 kilometers to the north-west of Chittagong town. Edit

Detail InformationEdit

Bayazid Bostami’s Mazar is a Holy Place. Everyday many religious people come in this place to pray and visit. It is a complex consists of a tomb surrounded by brick made structure along with an old mosque. In front of the tomb, there is a large pond that houses a large number of black soft-shelled turtles known as Bostami Turtle or Bostami Kachim (locally called Mazari) which are a very rare and critically endangered species also very attractive to visitors. You can feed those black soft-shelled turtles by your hand and people enjoy it very much.

Shrine of Bayazid Bostami, Chittagong

HistoryEdit

Bayazid Bostami was a Well-known Persian saint born in Bostam, Iran. His Tomb and Mosque are located in the Nasirabad of Chittagong. It is a complex consists a tomb a mosque and a big pond. This tomb was built in 1831 on a hill area. The tomb is enclosure of 9.15 m squre wall and 4.58m high with battlement and a pillar rising o.61 m above them at each angle. A sarcophagus was in the centre of the area (3.66m : 2.75m).

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Best Season to VisitEdit

September to April.

Best Time To VisitEdit

Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

Minimum 30 minutes.

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Guide is Not Required for Shrine of Bayazid Bostami.

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How to ReachEdit

Taxi : There are various taxis and smaller ‘Baby’ or ‘CNG’ taxis are available to reach the site.

Bus : There are 2 stands within the town wherever the foremost private companies operate the buses and have offices simply to the south of GEC Circle on CDA Ave, and on Station Rd close to building Golden hotel. Greenline, Silkline and Shohag are the nicest and have frequent services to Dhaka (6 hours) and Cox’s Bazar (3 hours). Greenline conjointly offers the only direct bus to Sylhet (Tk 550, 6 hours).
Local buses to Cox’s Bazar (Tk 140, 3 hours) run often throughout the day from Cinema Palace depot, regarding 1km north of the Station Rd area.

Train : Trains run to Dhaka, Sylhet and alternative cities. the most route out of city runs north to Comilla and Akhaura, from wherever the routes to Dhaka and Sylhet diverge. The railway station is on Station Road simply west of anniversary Rd. city may be a terminal station on the metre gauge eastern section of the Bangladesh Railway. The headquarters of this railway are situated here. Train journeys are, in general, cheaper than bus journeys.

Air : Shah Amanat International Airport (ICAO: CGP) is serves as Chittagong’s international airport situated at Potenga Road,South Patenga, Chittagong, besides domestic services to and from Dhaka. It is the 2nd busiest airport in Bangladesh. It has international services to locstions such as Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kolkata, Sharjah, Muscat, Jeddah and Kuwait. After reaching at airport taxies and rickshaws are available to reach the destination.

Others : By Boat : BIWTC launches its ferries from Sadarghat, about 1 km south of the train station down Sadarghat Rd. Barisal is the main destination, from where you can continue to Dhaka.
Cycle-rickshaws : Cycle-rickshaws are available here and cost around Tk 12-15 per kilometer.