Chandra Mahal Eco Park Bagerhat

Chandra Mahal Eco Park (Chandra Mahal Eco Park) is an eco park and picnic spot located in Ranjitpur village next to Khulna-Mongla highway of Bagerhat district headquarters. Eco Park has a Taj Mahal-style building called Chandra Mahal. In 2002, Salim Huda built this eco park covering an area of ​​about 30 acres and named it Chandramahal after his wife Nasima Huda Chandra. Visitors to Chandramahal Eco Park are mesmerized by the beauty of Chandramahal. Sunlight reflected in the golden color of the building creates a strange atmosphere. Chandramahal is surrounded by water from all sides so to go to the main building one has to go through the tunnel made under the water.

Chandramahal houses various archeological monuments for the entertainment of the visitors. Various artefacts including domestic and foreign coins, postage stamps, war weapons, ancient clocks, ornaments, religious artifacts, stone furniture, rare manuscripts, various pottery artefacts, etc. are housed in the Chandramahal Eco Park.

Various sculptures, bamboo houses, pansi boats, replica of Razakar's gallows, artificial railway lines, restaurants and picnic spots have been constructed in Chandramahal Eco Park for visiting visitors. All arrangements are made here for the convenience of organizing a picnic. And the mini zoo at Chandramahal Eco Park has various species of animals including monkeys, wild cats, deer, pheasants, turkeys, white peacocks, bucks, dogs, eagles, Madan bald eagles, white doves, laughing birds, owls, pigeons, pigeons, quails, crocodiles. .

Chandramahal Eco Park is open for visitors daily from 7 am to 6:30 pm. To enter the park, you have to collect a ticket for 50 taka per person.

A number of buses leave Meghna, Banphool, Falguni, Ara, Tauri, Baleshwar, Hamim and Dola from Syedabad Bus Terminal in Dhaka every day from 6 am to 10 am and from 7 pm to 10 pm. Sohag, Shakura, Hanif and Eagle transport vehicles depart from Gabtali Bus Terminal. These buses cost 650 to 800 taka per person. If you travel by bus, you can get off near Ranjitpur village when talking about Chandramahal.

And if you want to travel by train, you can take intercity train Sundarban Express to Khulna and take a bus to Bagerhat. It takes only 40 minutes to reach Bagerhat from Rupsa in Khulna.

Besides, one can go to Chandramahal Eco Park located next to the Khulna-Mongla highway from Bagerhat city by riding a battery powered easy bike and CNG.

There are some medium quality residential hotels to stay in Bagerhat. Apart from Momtaz Hotel located on Rail Road, Bagerhat Sadar government guesthouse, Hotel Abhi (01833742623) and Hotel Al Amin (0468-63168, 01718692737) and Hotel Mohna (0468-63075, 01722858313) adjacent to the central bus station for overnight stays from Tk 400 to Tk 1000. can It takes only 1 hour to go by bus from Khulna to Bagerhat, so you can come to Khulna divisional city for overnight stay.

Chandramahal Eco Park has several restaurants. Apart from this, Bagerhat has a few standard food hotels near bus stand and dargah. But definitely know about the food quality and price.

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