Naogaon

Land of Paharpur, Barind rice fields and Tagore's Patisar

Naogaon is the rice bowl of the Barind tract and holds some of the most important archaeological sites in South Asia, led by the UNESCO-listed Buddhist monastery at Paharpur. Beyond the ruins you will find Sultanate mosques, an ancient victory pillar standing in a pond, a forest park on the border and the estate office where Rabindranath Tagore once collected rents.

Naogaon is famous for

Paharpur Buddhist Vihara Aromatic rice Kusumba Mosque Patisar Kachharibari Mangoes of Sapahar and Porsha

Places to visit in Naogaon

Archaeological

Paharpur Buddhist Vihara (Somapura Mahavihara)

Naogaon 4 hrs

UNESCO World Heritage Site: the vast 8th-century Pala monastery that was one of the greatest Buddhist centres south of the Himalayas.

Historical

Kusumba Mosque

Naogaon 1 hrs

A grey-stone Sultanate mosque from 1558 beside a large tank, the one pictured on the five-taka note.

Historical

Patisar Rabindra Kachharibari

Naogaon 1.5 hrs

Tagore's riverside estate office on the Nagar river, where the poet managed his Kaligram lands and founded a school and bank.

Historical

Dibar Dighi

Naogaon 1 hrs

An ancient tank with a 10 m granite victory pillar rising from its waters, linked to the Kaivarta rebellion against the Palas.

Park

Alta Dighi National Park

Naogaon 2 hrs

A centuries-old giant tank on the Indian border, wrapped in sal forest and visited by migratory birds in winter.

Archaeological

Jagaddala Mahavihara

Naogaon 1 hrs

Excavated remains of a late Pala monastery, a renowned centre of Buddhist learning in the 11th-12th centuries.