one of the temples surrounding the main Aat-Chala Temple in Chandina (the main one is a 19th century Shiva temple)83 views
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one of my favourite flowers from my childhood, they used to grow in my grandmother's garden but i hadn't seen them since. i found them growing in the cemetary83 views
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Chuck at the Mainamati Ruins. these are the famous Buddhist ruins from the 6th to 13th centuries. this is the center temple in the Salban Vihara, which was a monastery. the monks' cells surround the courtyard around the temple83 views
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girls bathing in the village pond81 views
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inside a little hindu temple in Chandina, on the outskirts of Comilla80 views
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Chuck in front of a bamboo grove80 views
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Maynamati War Cemetary on the outskirts of Comilla. Allied (British, Indian, African, Canadian) and Japanese soldiers from WWII are buried here. so strange to think of them fighting and dying here.80 views
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that's a sculpture of Durga inside this temple79 views
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grave of an even younger British soldier. all the British graves had inscriptions from the families, unlike the graves of other Allied soldiers. The Japanese graves had only names (as enemy soldiers, maybe not much more info was available)78 views
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stuck in a traffic jam on the highway75 views
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another temple in the complex75 views
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grave of a young Canadian soldier75 views
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farmers preparing the land for rice planting. this is the countryside on the way to Comilla from Dhaka68 views
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