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Sri Sri Bordesshwari Kali Mandir, Rajarbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh

It is specially famous for Hindu crematorium (Shamshan Ghat). Electrical pyre is not use yet. Those who believe in Sanatan religion they burn their relatives death body here for funeral.It is one of the old cemetery in Bangladesh.There is a graveyard beside the Shamshan Ghat. With this temple, there is big water tank here. Locally it is known as Gangasagar Dighi. It is near about 13 Bhagha. There is a Legend, the big pond was dig by King Manshingha, the Great army chief of Indian emperor Akbar.








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