Boga Lake

Type: হ্রদ

Contributed By: Nayeem ,Talash Shahnewaz

Brief

Boga Lake, also known as Bagakain (বগাকাইন) Lake, is the most beautiful natural lake in Bangladesh. It is 18 km away from Ruma Sadar Upazila in Bandarban. The area of this lake is about 15 acres. It is approximately 1800 feet above sea level. The color of its water is blue. Behind creation of this lake there are many mythological stories. Many tourist visit Boga lake mostly during winter. Localities of small tribe community like Bawm, Khumi can be found besides the Boga Lake. Strolling becomes difficult in the rainy season.

The road from Ruma to Boga Lake is still under construction. You might be amazed looking at the big rocks lying in and out of the Boga Lake. You can have a camp fire beside the lake which might be an unbelievable and mind-blowing memory in your life.

How to go

You have to make a trip from Bandarban to Ruma by “Chander Gari” (public jeep) or a private vehicle. From Ruma you can hire public jeep upto Boga Lake. You can also walk to Boga Lake in winter season. It will require 6 hours to reach Boga Lake.

How To Reach: বান্দরবান জেলা

Dhaka and Bandarban are linked by road. There are direct bus services available from Dhaka to reach Bandarban.

By Road
By Air

Some of the bus services are listed below for your assistance:

1. S Alam services Ltd
Contact: 0341-62902

2. Shyamoli Paribahan
Contact: 0443-449934

3. Saudia Paribahan
Arambag, Contact: +88-02-7102465
Gabtoli, Contact: +88-02-8018445

There are no direct flight services available from Dhaka to Bandarban. However, you can travel to Chittagong by air and then take a bus or private car to reach Bandarban. Bangladesh Biman, United Airways, Regent Airways and Novo Air, all provide flight services to Chittagong.

Where to Stay

1. Hillside Resort
Address: Chimbuk road, Bandarban
Contact: 01730 045083, 02-988 6983

2. Hotel Greenhill
Address: Main Road, Bandarban-4600
Contact: +88 01856699910, +88 01856699911

3. Hotel Purabi
Address: V.I.P. Road, Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban
Contact: 01823-346383, 0361-62531

4. Hotel Paharika
Address: Main Road, Bandarban
Contact: 62155

5. (Resident)
Address: It is located in the South-West of Thanchi Bazar in Thanchi Sadar Upazila
Contact: 01819537753, 01818100435

6. Upazila Rest House
Owner/Manager: Mr. Kalhacing Marma, Chairman, Upazila Parisad
Address: Thanchi Bazar (close to the mosque), Thanchi Sadar Upazila

Things to do

See the tide of water from the Chingri Jhiri waterfall.
Take pictures for collection.

Eating Facilities

It should have to be noticed that there is no residential or non-resident hotel, motel or restaurant in Boga Lake.

Travel Tips

You need to hire a tour guide from Ruma.

Map

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Mata Sagar is a large tank of Dinajpur. This is near to the "Dinajpur Rajbari". MataSagor is situated at the in Dinajpur town at Raja Rampur village. Once all banks of the water tank was covered with very high hills. Mata Sagor is more attractive than the Sukh Sagor, and they never dry at any season.

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It is situated at Panchagram in Lanlmonirhat district. In the month of Chaitra the peoples of hindus do worship. People says that A Hindu landowner Narayan Chakrawarti dag this pond cause of draught. But cause of having no water in the pond he got a dream to worship by leaving two daughter of him in the middle of the pond named Sindur and Mati. But he failed to bring all the elements for the worship. When he went to take all the elements the pond fulfilled with water. The two daughter of the lanowner failed to reach in the bank and died. After that he saw a dream that his two daughter got immortality.

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Poddo Beel of Ghagutia is located beside the Ghagutia BGB camp. Local people pronounce the name as Ghaguitta (ঘাগুইট্টা). As you require boat to explore the beel, you might find that in the house just near the camp. The owner's name of the boat is Mohammad Shohel.

As the water level decreases day by day, it is hard to push the boat through those dense leafs of lotus and lilies. The number of lotus flower is not few to count. Usually in the morning the flowers are being collected by the villagers. You may see the broken stalk of flowers everywhere. You can collect lot of flowers and Poddo fruits from the Beel during your ride. The whole Beel is covered with plants like Poddo, Shaluk, Chad Mala, and other aquatic flowers.

Beside the Beel, the Indian border is visible easily. In fact, 20 percent of that Beel are actually located inside India. But almost 80 percent is inside Bangladesh. In Summer, when the water dries up completely, villagers cultivate paddy there. Again in the Monsoon, the Beel gets flourished with Poddo (চাঁদ মালা) and other aquatic flowers.

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ঘাগুটিয়ার পদ্ম বিল বিজিবি ক্যাম্পের পাশেই অবস্থিত। স্থানীয়রা গ্রামের নাম ঘাগুইটটা বলেও উচ্চারণ করে থাকে। ক্যাম্পের কাছে অবস্থিত একটি ভবনে একটি নৌকা রাখা আছে। নৌকা ভ্রমন না করে আপনি এই বিলটি পুরোপুরি দেখতে পারবেন না।

মোহাম্মদ ইউনুস নামক জনৈক ব্যাক্তির পুত্র মোহাম্মদ সোহেল এই নৌকাটির মালিক এবং তাঁরা যথেষ্ট ধনী। দিন দিন বিলের পানি কমে যাওয়ায় পদ্ম ফুলের মধ্যে দিয়ে নৌকা চালানো কঠিন হয়ে পড়ছে।

বিলে পদ্ম ফুলের সংখ্যা মোটেও কম নয়। সাধারণত সকাল বেলা পদ্ম ফুলের সংখ্যা থাকে সবচেয়ে বেশি। গ্রামবাসীরা প্রচুর পদ্মফুল সংগ্রহ করে তাই আপনি চারপাশে পদ্ম ফুলের ভাঙ্গা ডাল ছড়িয়ে থাকতে দেখবেন। বিলে নৌকা ভ্রমনের সময় আপনি পদ্ম ফুল এবং পদ্ম ফল সংগ্রহ করতে পারেন। পুরো বিল বিভিন্ন ধরনের জলজ ফুলে ছেয়ে থাকে যেমনঃ পদ্ম ফুল, শালুক ফুল, চাঁদমালা ফুল।

বিলের পাশে অবস্থিত ভারতীয় সীমান্ত খুব সহজেই দেখা যায়। বিলের প্রায় ৮০ শতাংশ বাংলাদেশে থাকলেও বাকি অংশ ভারতের অংশে অবস্থিত। শুষ্ক মৌসুমে বিলের পানি পুরোপুরি শুকিয়ে যাবে এবং গ্রামবাসিরা এরপর এখানে ধান চাষ করবে। আবারো বর্ষাকালে এই বিলটি পদ্ম এবং অন্যান্য জলজ ফুলে ভরে যাবে।

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Bir Kamalar Dighi is situated in the Kakara Union of Chakaria Upazila. Its site was once full of archaeological relics. Mr. Abdur Rashid Siddiqui, in his research work “Rnoai Tatwa”, has made reference to a stone-inscription found on the bank of this tank. It could not be deciphered at that time. At present there is no trace of it. There is a reference of this tank in the “Rajmala”, the history of the Tippera kings. It has been described in the “Rajmala” that a tank was excavated by the Tippera army after it had attacked Roshang and penetrated up to Ramu during the reign of King Dhany Manikya of Tippera in 1513-14 A.D.

From this it can be supposed that the Tippera army had this tank excavated after the conquest of Chakria. It was named Bir Kamalar Dighi after Kamala Devi, wife of King Dhanya Manikya.

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