Places
Places worth seeing across Rajshahi Division, from Paharpur and Mahasthangarh to the city riverside.
Bagha Mosque
Built in 1523–24 by Sultan Nusrat Shah, a Sultanate-era mosque famous for its terracotta ornament.
Rajshahi
Boro Kuthi
An eighteenth-century building put up by Dutch traders beside the Padma, later the first administrative building of Rajshahi University.
Rajshahi · Boalia
Padma Garden and the riverside
The embankment walk along the Padma, where the city gathers in the late afternoon.
Rajshahi · Shaheb Bazar
Puthia Temple Complex
The largest group of historic Hindu temples in Bangladesh, 23 km east of the city, built by the Puthia Raj family.
Rajshahi
Shaheed A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman Central Park and Zoo
The city's large public park and zoo, created in 1972 and named after the national leader born here.
Rajshahi · Shah Makhdum
Shaheed Smriti Sangrahashala
Opened on 2 January 1972 at Rajshahi University, the first museum in the country devoted to the Liberation War.
Rajshahi · Motihar
Shrine of Hazrat Shah Makhdum Rupos
The shrine of the Sufi saint associated with the coming of Islam to the Varendra region.
Rajshahi · Rajpara
Varendra Research Museum
Opened in 1910, the oldest museum in Bangladesh, holding around 19,000 artefacts from the Varendra region.
Rajshahi · Shaheb Bazar