Gerda Folok Faridpur

There is a special stone plaque written in Arabic on the west wall of the Gerda Mosque located in Gerda village, 7 km from Faridpur Sadar, this plaque is known as Gerda Folok. It is believed that the Gerda mosque was built around this plaque written in 1013 Hijri or 1604 AD. And the plaque is built on a fragment of an ancient mosque built by Shah Ali Baghdadi.

Gerda board is 12 inches in length and 36 inches in width. This ancient mosque still has some valuable relics intact. Including the wooden plate used by Shah Ali Baghdadi, turban, Zaynamaz, tasbi made of fish hooks, Jubba used by Hazrat Abdul Qader Jilani, the mustache of Hazrat Ali (RA) is blessed, the hair of Hazrat Hassan (RA) is blessed, the world prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) )'s beard Mubarak etc. are notable.

Faridpur can be reached by bus and train from the capital Dhaka. Comfort Line, Royal Paribahan, Suryamukhi Paribahan, Golden Line, Anand Paribahan, South Line, Ajmeri Enterprise etc. buses from Gabtali Bus Stand ply via Padma Bridge on Dhaka-Faridpur route. The bus fare will cost 400-500 taka depending on the standard. Besides, you can reach Faridpur by Sundarban Express, Madhumati Express and Benapole Express trains from Dhaka Kamalapur railway station. Train fare will be 305 to 696 taka per seat. Gerda Masjid can be reached by any local transport from Faridpur district city.

Faridpur city has residential hotels like Hotel Raffles, Hotel Luxury, Hotel Padma, Hotel Park Palace, Hotel Shyamoli and Hotel Jonaki.

Faridpur city has some good food hotels like Rain Forest Cafe, Terracotta, Oasis, Pankauri Restaurant, Serene Garden, Super Hotel.

Other places of interest in Faridpur include Madhumati River, Mathurapur Deul, Kanaipur Zamindar Bari, Paur Sheikh Russel Shishu Park, Patrail Mosque and Palli Kavi Jasim Uddin's house.