Sonargaon brings together Panam Nagar, craftsmanship and mercantile memory
A day in Sonargaon brings together three periods of Bengal: the historic capital, Panam Nagar’s mercantile architecture and the region’s folk arts.
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Southeast of Dhaka, Sonargaon brings together distinct historical layers: once a political and commercial centre of Bengal, it now offers a way to connect Panam Nagar’s merchant architecture with local crafts and Goaldi Mosque.
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What makes it special
- Panam Nagar’s street of 19th- and early-20th-century merchant houses, best viewed from outside.
- The Folk Art and Craft Foundation museum provides context on Bengali materials and crafts.
- Single-domed Goaldi Mosque is associated with the Bengal Sultanate and dated to 1519.
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- www.tourismbangladesh.com.bd
- railwaydhaka.gov.bd
- oicpm.mofa.gov.bd
- beautifulbangladesh.gov.bd
- archaeology.gov.bd
- railway.gov.bd
- railway.gov.bd
- bhz.touristpolice.gov.bd
- Bangladesh · Wikidata
- Bangladesh · World Countries — mledoze
- Bangladesh · World Bank Open Data
- Bangladesh · DBpedia
- Sonargaon · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Sonargaon Upazila · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- Sonargaon, Sonargaon Upazila, Narayanganj District, Dhaka Division, 1440, Bangladesh · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Panam Nagar, Sonargoan Road, Mograpara, Krishna Para, Sonargaon, Sonargaon Upazila, Narayanganj District, Dhaka Division, 1440, Bangladesh · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Goaldi Mosque, Sonargoan Road, Mograpara, Krishna Para, Sonargaon, Sonargaon Upazila, Narayanganj District, Dhaka Division, 1440, Bangladesh · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
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Profile updated: 07/10/2026