Dhaka
OtherFamily friendly
Dhakeshwari Temple, Dhaka
The national temple of Bangladesh and the most prominent Hindu temple in Dhaka. Tradition holds that the city takes its name from the goddess: Dhaka, from Dhake…
Sacred Sites in Dhaka Division, Bangladesh
4 researched sites, each with sourced history, pilgrimage information and the prayers associated with it.
- Dhaka districtOtherFamily friendly
Dhamrai Jagannath Rath
At Dhamrai, the site of one of the major Rath Yatra traditions of South Asia outside Puri. The historic chariot was burnt by the Pakistan Army in 1971 and has s…
- Narayanganj districtOtherFamily friendly
Langalbandh
A bathing place on the old Brahmaputra southeast of Dhaka, and the site of the Ashtami Snan, one of the largest annual Hindu gatherings in Bangladesh, drawing w…
- DhakaOtherFamily friendly
Ramna Kali Mandir, Dhaka
On the southern side of Suhrawardy Udyan, the former Ramna Race Course in Dhaka. Historically one of the city's most important Kali temples, destroyed in 1971 a…