Known for
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The poet's village.
Jasimuddin, the Palli Kabi whose Nakshi Kanthar Math made rural Bengal into poetry, grew up at Ambikapur by the Kumar river. His house, a small museum and his grave are a short ride from Faridpur town.
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Old brick.
The Sultanate-era Pathrail mosque by its great dighi near Bhanga, the tall terracotta Mathurapur deul at Madhukhali, and the Baishrashi zamindars' houses at Sadarpur: three days out, each in a different corner of the district.
Best season
GoodFairNov–Feb
November to February is dry and cool, the easiest time for the village roads and old buildings. The rivers are fullest after the monsoon, in September and October.
Getting there
Bus
Dhaka
2–3 h
Over the Padma Bridge
Train
Dhaka
Via the Padma Bridge line to Bhanga
Getting around
Faridpur town
Buses and CNGs to the upazilas
Since the Padma Bridge, Faridpur is about 2 to 3 hours from Dhaka by bus; trains also run via the bridge line to Bhanga and on the older line to Faridpur. In the district, buses and CNGs reach Bhanga, Madhukhali and Sadarpur.
Local food
River fishMust try
From the Padma and Kumar
River fish from the Padma and Kumar, and winter date-palm molasses from the villages.
Places to see
Fort and palaceমোঃ সাকিবুল হাসান · CC BY-SA 4.0Baishrashi Zamindar Bari
The houses of the Baishrashi zamindars at Sadarpur, a salt-trading family whose estate grew from about 1800 to reach into Barishal.
Museum and gallerymyself · Public domainPoet Jasimuddin's House
The family home of Jasimuddin (1903–1976), the Palli Kabi, at Ambikapur near Faridpur town, with a small museum and his grave.
Archaeological siteRakibul Islam Biswas · CC BY-SA 4.0Mathurapur Deul
A tall, many-sided brick tower covered in terracotta at Mathurapur in Madhukhali, built in the 16th or 17th century; a protected monument.
Mosque and shrineঅরণ্য · CC BY-SA 3.0Pathrail Mosque
A Sultanate-era brick mosque near Bhanga, also called the Majlis Aulia mosque, with a large dighi beside it and shrines in its grounds.
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