Jewels of Pabna

Pabna, one of the vivid district of North Bengal also the birthplace of super actress beautiful Suchitra Sen. Same time, it is full of natural stunners. Holding some of the ancient artifacts, this district still secured its natural Pandora’s boxes.

-Faisa Abdullah

If you considered yourself somewhat different (or totally different) within a range of normalcy or crowd of every other known topics, and then if you want to overlay a soothing zap of gentle breeze on the secret chamber of your heart, just come to Pabna. More precisely, just go to the bank of Hurasagar River. Lost yourself by walking through the riverside rural road which accompanies thousands of haystack. It is certain that nobody will not make your life miserable suddenly by putting an wanted poster of yours.

In u word, Pabna is a sweet city. The birthplace of sweet Suchitra Sen. Ever young and evergreen like Suchitra. Arrogant also! But it has it's own reasons too. So much rivers, so much water, villages, so many skies, green; you will get the smell of wood fired stoves from the very beginning of entering in to this gatekeeper of north Bengal. Which will remind you the the lost childhood and the restless days all of a sudden. You will discover the real and primitive You and if you are a Bangladeshi, then certainly you will recite, this is my country.. this is my country.

Some common names will come to mind while making a list of spectacular region of Bangladesh. The Bay of Bengal of Chittagong and the hill tracts dominate the list. Whether the rest of the sites situated within rural Bangladesh seems to be dimmed comparing to those in terms of tourism, it contains various hidden treasures in its secret layers.

The Magic Realism of Hurasagar

The Hurasagar river is the name of such a natural spell. Whether this branch of Jamuna spans from Sirajgonj to Pabna, you have to go to the Bera sub-disctric of Pabna, if you want to truly delude your mind by adding a spectacular evining-night. There you will find a long walking road just beside the river and an old port, namely Bera Port. Once upon a time, it was a commercial port, now it just welcomes old memories. A spectacular pump house and a sluice gate also stands near of it. Walking to the old river port, passing time within the tranquility of the river and observing the farmhouses which are rowed near the road, you will suddenly discover that you have became more rural than city dweller. The 'vot vot' sounds of the Nasimon and Karimon (a locally made transport vehicle with shallow engine) will become an inseparable part of the nature. It will be the best if you can go there at the time of full-moon. Sitting at the last corner of Bera port, the witness of nothingness and history; you will be lost somewhere beween the reality and magic realism while watching the glittering river water. If you want to submerge yourself within the soil, water and night sky, just grab a boat and tell the sailor to make you lost far away. Tranquility base here. River is soothing. Stare at the moon-soaked water, will be able to feel that the life has many mysterious meanings and several Pandora’s boxes left to be opened. And, if you are lost enough to travel at middle of the night in a boat with a sailor and a sky full of moon, some of the boxes will certainly wide-open. 

 

The Other Padma

To savor the beauty of Padma River, many tiptop arrangements in Bangladesh. Pabna is not exception. You can visit Pakshi Resort situated at Isshardi, a sub-district of Pabna. It is tinged with true flavor of rural Bangladesh. But you can also find that, the crazy stream is for sure overcome the hospitality of the resort. Just a 10 minute walk from the resort, you can go to immerse yourself at the call of river after having lunch made of locally produced organic rice at the resort. You can also catch fishes by fishhook. Opportunity to eat Pitha (cake made of grounded rice) while enjoying Baul songs at night time. During this cold season, the river may be calm, but in a foggy night the silent wave ans ripples will certainly wash away the fatigue of hectic city-life within a second. Suddenly you will not feel any intent to back to your regular life. 

 

Hardinge Bridge in 100 Years

A special celebration of a special bridge is going to take place in the early next year. The Hardinge bridge was completed at 1915, situated at Pakshi Union, 8 kilometer south from Pabna's Isshardi. The bridge was named after the then Indian Viceroy Lord Hardinge. This long bridge has been kept the communication between two sides of Padma from that period. According to some experts, it took 5 years of 25 thousands labor to build this 5800 feet long bridge. One can enjoy a foggy evening at the picturesque vicinity of this bridge.