Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

wn as the 'Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman' (জাতির জনক বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমানের সমাধিসৌধ) or colloquially as ' বঙ্গবন্ধু মাজার ' (Tomb of Bangabandhu). It was established on 15 June 2001 by the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Entering from the Patgati-Tungipara Road, the complex opens up to a large, open well-organised space containing, amongst other things, a museum which showcases both popular and rare photographs from Sheikh Mujib's life. There's also a small library in the museum. The complex also contains a small shop and a large cafeteria for hungry visitors. In a far corner, there's a small open stage which signifies the countless number of times Sheikh Mujib stood up and gave powerful, resonating speeches to his fellow Bengalis. A 200 metre-long straight walkway connects the museum with the graveyard. There's a small pond and a park to the either side of the walkway. Carved out on the landscape of the park in Bengali is the title "জাতির জনক বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহ্মানের সমাধিসৌধ (Mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman). Inside the large, almost circular, white mausoleum is the grave of Sheikh Mujib's parent Sheikh Lutfar Rahman and Sayera Khatun lying next to each other. Few metres away is the grave of their 'খোকা' (khoka, his childhood nickname) Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Next to the graveyard is the humble ancestral home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. And opposite this is the grand three-storied white home which his father had built and where Sheikh Mujib was born.