Jashore

Flower capital and date-palm molasses

Gadkhali's flower fields make it the flower capital. Michael Madhusudan's home at Sagardari and winter date-palm molasses are famous.

Places to visit

• Gadkhali flower fields — Miles of roses, tuberoses, marigolds and gerberas.
• Sagardari — Poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt's home and museum on the Kopotakkho.
• Chanchra Shiva Temple — A 17th-century terracotta temple.
• Benapole land port — The country's busiest land crossing with India.

Famous food

• Jamtola sweets — The famous rosogolla of Jamtola, Sharsha.
• Date-palm molasses and juice — Winter nolen gur, patali and fresh date-palm juice.