My Visit To A Place of Historical Interest
During the last autumn vacation I got such an opportunity to visit Bagerhat , a great historical place . There I saw the Mazar of Khan Jahan Ali - a fine one storeyed building . It has a beautiful dome . Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali was buried there . The tomb is made of cut out stones . It cannot be accurately said where from these were brought . It is said that Pir Khan Jahan Ali brought these from Chittagong by floating on water . On the tomb there are inscriptions in Arabic . An inscription says that he died on 25th October , 1459. There is a small mosque nearby . A close associate of Khan Jahan Ali was buried outside the tomb . On the nignt of the full moon of the month of Chaitra a big fair is held beside the Mazar, Many people attend the fair .
There is a big tank in front of the Mazar . The local people call it the Dighti of Khan Jahan Ali . There are some crocodiles in this big tank . They come near when the Fakirs call them and give them something to eat . I saw the Dighi with my own eyes and derived much pleasure.
I also visited the Satgambuj Mosque . It is a big and beautiful building . The mosque is beautifully decorated . It is said that it was used as a mosque by Pir Khan Jahan . The mosque has great attraction for the tourists and visitors .
There is a big dighi near the Satgambuj Mosque . This dighi is called the Ghora Dighi . It is said that a horse was made to run before digging the Dighi . The horse ran straight and stood covering a certain distance . That distance was accepted as the length of the Dighi . That is why the Dighi is called Ghora Dighi . I visited this Dighi and came to know many things about the social works of Khan Jahan Ali .
Bagerhat is really a place of historical interest . I spent eight hours there and saw many historical things and enjoyed myself . I left Bagerhat but the memory still haunts my mind .