2 NIGHTS/ 3 DAYS PAHARPUR,MAHASTHANGARH, KANTAJEE TEMPLE& PUTIA VILLAGE TOUR :
DAY- 1 :
MORNING LEAVE DHAKAFOR BOGRA. UPON ARRIVAL AT BOGRA TRANSFERTO HOTEL. LUNCH AT HOTEL. AFTER LUNCH VISIT SUMPURA VIHARA AT PAHARPUR ( WORLDHERITAGE SITE ). LATE AFTERNOON BACK BOGRA. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
BOGRA:
(227 KM from Dhaka by road is Bogra, the nervecentre of northern Bangladesh.Mahasthan Garh the earliest days of documented urban Bangla ( 3 century BC issituated 13 km North of Bogra town. It has been identified with ancient city ofPundranagar,familliar in Maurya, Gupta, Pala and Sena literary and other epigraphicrecords, Buddhist relic-the Vasu-Vihara mound, only 6 km west of Mahastan Garh) .
PAHARPURlies at Rajshahi district, the relies of glorious past of Bengalunder the pala dynasty during the 8th century ad. Excavations at this historicsite exposed to the view the single largest buddhist monastery in the worldhaving a gigantic pyramidal temple with 177 monastic cells and
numerousmotive stupas. The 63 stone images and about 3,000 beautiful terra-cottaplaques depict many buddhist religious and other stories.
DAY- 2 :
FULLDAY EXCURSION TO DINARJPUR.VISIT KANTAJI'S TEMPLE ( OLD TERACOTA
HINDUTEMPLE ).LUNCHAT BPC MOTEL IN DINAJPUR/RANGPUR.ON WAY BACK TO BOGRA VISIT VASU VIHARA ANDMAHASTANGARH.LATE AFTERNOON BACK BOGRA. DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
KANTAJI'STEMPLE is an 18th century brick temple situated about 18 km north ofDinajpur town.Maharaja Prannath began its construction from 1772 AD and wascompleted by his adopted son Maharaja Ramnath in 1752 AD with exquisite mythologicalterra-cotta decoration on its walls.
DAY- 3 :
MORNING VISIT NABAB PALACE. LEAVE BOGRA FOR DHAKA ENROUTE VISIT OLD HIDU TEMPLES ( GOVINDA TEMPLE, GOPALTEMPLE, SHIVA TEMPLE ETC)& OLD PALACE AT PUTIA VILLAGE. LUNCH AT LOCAL RESTAURANT. LATE AFTERNOON ARRIVAL DHAKA.