Known for
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The gateway to the north.
The Jamuna bridge, 4.8 km of road and rail opened in 1998, lands on Sirajganj's bank; the river and the eco-park at the bridge's west end are the district's big sight.
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Tagore and old temples.
At Shahzadpur, Rabindranath stayed and wrote in the Tagore family's kachharibari, now a museum; near by is the mazar of Makhdum Shah Doula. At Hatikumrul stands the Navaratna, the largest nine-spired temple in the country.
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Water country.
In the monsoon the Chalan Beel spreads across Tarash in the west; in town, the old Eliot bridge crosses the Katakhali.
Best season
GoodFairNov–Feb
November to February for the temples and Shahzadpur. August to October for the Chalan Beel full of water and boats.
Getting there
Bus
Dhaka
3–4 h
Any northbound bus over the Jamuna bridge
Train
Dhaka
Trains to the north stop at the bridge's west end
Getting around
Hatikumrul
Bus or CNG to Shahzadpur and Tarash
Every bus from Dhaka to the north crosses the Jamuna bridge into Sirajganj; get off at the bridge's west end, Hatikumrul or Sirajganj town. Trains stop at the bridge's west station and Sirajganj. Shahzadpur and Tarash are reached by bus or CNG from Hatikumrul.
Local food
Jamuna river fishMust try
Fresh from the river and the beel
River fish from the Jamuna and the beel, and the milk and ghee of the Shahzadpur dairy country.
Places to see
Chalan Beel at Tarash
The country's best-known wetland reaches into Tarash in western Sirajganj: a sea of water and boats in the monsoon, fields and birds in winter.
Eliot Bridge (Boro Pul)
A pillarless British-era bridge over the Katakhali in Sirajganj town, named after Lieutenant Governor Charles Alfred Elliott and known locally as Boro Pul.
Hindu templeMahmud.hossain1975 · CC BY-SA 4.0Navaratna Temple, Hatikumrul
A three-tiered brick temple with nine spires at Hatikumrul in Ullapara, the largest navaratna temple found in Bangladesh.
Monument and memorialRumman Alam Chowdhury · CC BY-SA 3.0Jamuna Bridge
The 4.8 km road and rail bridge over the Jamuna, opened in 1998, joining the north to Dhaka; the riverside and the eco-park at its west end are a favourite outing.
Mosque and shrineRehan Uddin Mahmud · CC BY-SA 4.0Makhdum Shah Doula Mosque and Mazar
The old mosque at Shahzadpur and the shrine beside it of Makhdum Shah Doula Shahid, a saint counted among the Baro Auliya.
Museum and galleryKhalidrahman · CC BY-SA 4.0Rabindra Kachharibari, Shahzadpur
The Tagore family's estate office at Shahzadpur, where Rabindranath stayed and wrote in the 1890s; now a memorial museum.
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