Khulna District - Places of Interest

Places of Interest

  • The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world. The royal Bengal tiger inhabits the area; it is said that seeing the tiger enables a person to understand what a tiger means. There are many other rare animals in the area, including monkeys, chitra deer, crocodiles, wild cocks, wild pigs and thousands of kinds of birds.
  • The historically famous Shatgombuj Mosque (Sixty Dome Mosque) is in the Bagerhat District. It is famous for Khan Jahan Ali's mazar. A lake near the mosque has crocodiles.
  • From Kuakatan, both the rising and the setting of the sun into the ocean can be seen.

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