SYLHET
সিলেট
Sylhet is a unique district in Bangladesh for its language and history with religion. It is also known as the city of saints because of the saints that lived there and the influences and teachings they passed down. Hazrat Shah Jalal is predominantly credited for bringing Islam into Bangladesh and is revered even now by the locals. His shrine is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Sylhet as well as for the devotees. His Qur'an and robes are still preserved in his shrine. Hundreds of people pray inside his shrine as there is a mosque within the premises. An interesting fact about this site is that there are catfish in a pond inside the shrine and it is said that those catfishes are the very catfish that Hazrat Shah Jalal himself turned the "witchcraft followers" of the Hindu king who ruled Sylhet before his arrival into catfish.
Aside from "saintly" attraction places, Srimongol in Sylhet is home to the largest tea plantations in Bangladesh and not only serves as a great asset to Sylhet economically, but is breath-taking with its scenic greenery, lush vegetation, and rolling hills. The tea is exported all over the country as well as outside of it.
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