Naogaon

Home of Paharpur

Home to the UNESCO-listed Somapura Mahavihara at Paharpur, the Kusumba Mosque and Tagore's estate office at Patisar.

Places to visit

• Paharpur (Somapura Mahavihara) — A UNESCO site and one of the largest Buddhist monasteries south of the Himalayas.
• Kusumba Mosque — A 16th-century black-stone mosque pictured on the five-taka note.
• Patisar Kachharibari — Tagore's estate office on the Nagor river.
• Jagaddal Vihara — Ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery at Dhamoirhat.
• Dibar Dighi — A stone pillar in a lake commemorating the Kaivarta revolt.
• Halti Beel — A beel at Atrai that becomes a sea in the monsoon, crossed by a road.

Famous food

• Sapahar and Porsha mango — Mangoes from the orchards of the Barind tract.
• Pera sandesh — Naogaon's traditional dry sandesh.