Kishoreganj

Haors and Sholakia

Sholakia hosts the country's largest Eid congregation. In the monsoon the haors of Nikli, Itna, Mithamoin and Austagram turn into an inland sea.

Places to visit

• Sholakia Eidgah — The ground that hosts the country's largest Eid prayer.
• Nikli Haor — A haor like an inland sea in the monsoon, with boat trips and rows of hijal trees.
• Itna–Mithamoin all-weather road — A road straight across the haor, water on both sides in the monsoon.
• Egarosindhur Fort — An old fort town and mosques linked to Isa Khan.
• Chandrabati's Shiva temple — A temple linked to Chandrabati, Bengal's first woman poet.
• Jangalbari Fort — The remains of Isa Khan's second capital at Karimganj.

Famous food

• Austagram cheese — Traditional cheese made from haor milk.
• Fresh haor fish — Rui, boal, air and many other fish fresh from the haor in the monsoon.