Komoldoho - Let's Get Lost In The Springs of Joy 

This blog is about a trip to a mesmerizing spring of Komoldoho. So let's dive into the beauty of "Komoldoho Spring".

Waterfalls, A word that is close to my heart. A word that gives me peace and happiness. I inherited that peace. Some ago I visited a remarkable place. One of the most beautiful hillside waterfalls. 'Komoldoho Waterfalls'. Every hill and waterfall in Bangladesh is in Shitakunda, Chittagong. Komoldoho is one of the very popular places of Sitakundo among other waterfalls.  So I'll share my experience of my visit to Komoldoho briefly. 

October 4th, 2022. Me and my boys started our journey at 8:30 A.M. We reached A.K. Khan Mor within 25 minutes.  Overall our journey started at 9 A.M.  We got onto a bus that was going to Feni Zilla. The fair rate was 60/- tk for each person. Before getting onboard, you’ll have to bargain a lot or they will rob you quite well. So our destination was 'Boro Darogar Hat'. We reached the destination within an hour.  After getting off at the Boro Darogar Haat Bus Stand, you have to walk forward for 3-5 minutes and go to the opposite side of the road.  There you’ll find a road with a red billboard that says 'Ruposhi Jhorna'.

Entrance to Ruposhi Jhorna

You’ll have to start walking on that path. You can take a rickshaw or C.N.G to reach the Main entrance of 'Ruposhi Jhorna'. We choose to walk all the way to save money. We went through a small village. The route was long enough to the Main entrance of the waterfalls. 

 While going through the village we stopped at a store to buy something to eat and drink on the waterfalls. I won't be adding those costs as they are variables. After walking for a while we reached in front of these 2 shops.  We had to buy tickets to the trail from the Paharika Hotel. The people who sell tickets sit at the table outside Paprika Hotel. Ticket will cost per person 20/- tk. By the way, if you want to have lunch or any meal from these shops, you will have to pre-order your meal. Suppose you are thinking while returning from the waterfalls you’ll eat from one of these shops then you have to pre-order the food before going to the waterfalls. I will not recommend these hotels as they are very costly. Instead, I will advise you to bring food from outside. 

Paharika hotel

After buying tickets we walked for another 3-5 minutes to reach a hill with a signboard.  There were 2 roads. We went to the left one. After a few steps, we reached the start of the trail.

 This trail is a one-way trail, so you won't have to struggle to find the waterfall. We followed the water trail. The trail is more like zig zag.  After walking for 10-15 minutes.  We reached the bottom waterfall.  The pressure of the stream was slow. But the waterfall was an amazing sight to be seen.

First stream (Bottom stream)

 We spent 20-30 minutes in that fall.. After that we saw there was a way to go to the second stream which was on the top of the bottom stream. On the right of the bottom stream, we saw a rope lying on the face of the hill. It was tied up on the top side of the hill. We used that track to go to the top. It was a bit slippery.  If you go there, be sure to track safely.

After reaching the second fall we saw the water flow was weak. We didn’t want to stay there, so we started climbing the same track again and went to the top of the second stream. 

Second stream (Middle stream)

Again there is another one-way trail. We followed it. In between every 20 minutes, we took a break, drank water took some pictures, and started walking again.. 

After walking a while we saw 2 ways.  First, we had gone the straight way and that was the wrong route. So we got back and took the left route.

The distance from that place to the stream was 5 minutes. We again encountered two routes. This time we took the left one. So basically you have to take all the left routes to reach the 3rd and the mainstream. After walking a bit further we reached the stream.

Third stream (Top stream)

The stream was a lot bigger/ taller than the other two. The flow of water was strong. We enjoyed the moment. Had some snacks we took with us. In about 5 minutes, It started raining. Pretty hard.

The stream was totally a different scenario.  It changed like magic. The water flow of the stream was extreme. I couldn’t take pictures because of the rain. 

After spending some time, we started our journey to return. While returning, there is only a one-way route. After reaching the second stream, the level of water reached our ankles. 

Then we got down from the hill and reached the first and the bottom stream of the waterfall. We were thinking that we reached a new destination. The bottom stream was so beautiful because of the strong water flow, we thought we had never seen that stream before. We had a cup of tea near the falls. And again we started our journey towards home. 

This was one of the best trips I had in my life. Beauties are hiding in the jungle, in nature.  We just have to explore and find them out. Nothing can heal your soul without this beauty that The Creator has created for us. Travel while you have time or you will be left out of the activity that will make you regret the rest of your life.

I hope you’ll also enjoy the trail of Komoldoho Rupoahi Jhorna and I also hope that my blog may be useful to you. 

Thanks for reading, hope you have a great day. 

Chandranath Temple - A Visit To A Hindu Pilgrimage Site

There are 7 billion people around the world and almost everyone is interested in traveling though they can afford the cost or not.
Hey guys. Let's enjoy an interesting blog about my trip to Chandranath temple. 
As a Bangladeshi, I would like to represent one of the beautiful traveling or touring spots of my country Bangladesh. It is called Chandranath Temple. This is one of the most beautiful places and the gift of nature. Chandranath temple is situated on the top of Chandranath Hill. It was named after the temple. It is almost above 1,020 ft (as estimated by Google map) from the sea level. But in reality, it may be more than 1,020 feet. This temple is in Shitakundo. It can be seen from Dhaka- Chittagong highway. A pink and small temple. There is an ancient tale of this temple. To get more information about that please visit this webpag: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandranath_Temple.

So I visited Chandranath Temple on December 26th, 2018 with 2 of my friends. As we live in Chittagong City we had to leave for the trip early in the morning because we had to go very far from the city and had to climb a lot. So we left the city for Chandranath Temple at 6:30 am. We started our journey from Alangkar ( almost 30-40 mins away from my house if I take a motor vehicle and if there is no traffic jam). We boarded a local bus that travels outside the city. It costs 70/- tk eachperson . It almost took  1 hour and 45 to 47 minutes to reach Shitakundo. Reaching there we took our breakfast. Well,l that was the worst decision we ever made and acted. Because having a heavy meal before climbing a 1000 ft+ tall hill isn’t a good decision I believe you can understand. But I would really prefer you to have something light to gain the energy before you start climbing. And I would like to encourage you to spend wisely there.  Then we had to take a 3-wheeled vehicle ( we Bengalis call it Tom Tom ) to reach the bottom of the hill. I don’t remember what was the fare of the ride, maybe 10-15/- tk for each person I guess. It took 15-20 mins to reach the bottom of the hill. Then we had to buy a bottle of water and rent a small bamboo for support in climbing. For 1 trip the bamboo costs only 10 /- tk for each person. I am adding a picture of the front of the Chondronath Hillentrancee.

The Entrance of Chandranath Hill

As you can see the road, is slightly 10-15 degrees angled moving towards the top from the land. And then the slope of the hill increases gradually up to 75 degrees. Going through the way we finally reach the stairsteps which leads to the top of the hill. On the way, we found a lot of other temples. We started walking over the stairstep. After climbing for  20 minutes we saw two paths for going to the top. The right path has stairsteps and the left path doesn't have any stairsteps. It was a plain sloped path. Both of the paths take up to the same destination. That's why we choose the path that goes right. We climbed and climbed. Got thirsty, drank water, rested for 3-5 minutes, and then again climbed. At a certain time, we figured out that the steps were broken from an area. The reason for the steps broken is heavy rainfall. And another reason is carrying the weight of thousands of people's footsteps every month. After climbing half of the hill, we stopped and looked behind. We could see the sea from there. The scenario was so much beautiful that I've never seen such a beauty of nature.

Middle of Chandranath Hill

The sun was shining very much bright and I wasn't able to take the heat. That's why I put off my sweater and started climbing on the hill. As we were climbing more, the nature view was getting even better. After climbing for 4 hours and 40 or 50 minutes to be assumed, we reached the top.

After reaching the top we saw the pink beautiful temple of Chandranath. And also the best scenario of nature. 
The beauty was irresistible. You can't enjoy the beauty through pictures but bare eyes. The air is so fresh and cool from the bottom layer.
Sometimes, in rainy seasons or circumstances you can touch the clouds from the top of hills. The clouds float around the temple.
Well I'm just kidding, how can you touch a cloud when it's just an element of air. But you can observe the cloud and also your hands would get wet. Some of my friends experienced such a situation on their trip.
But visiting Chandranath temple in the rainy season is very risky as the steps become slippery and muddy.
There are stalls on the way and on the top of the hill. But the price of products was twice their base price. 
We were very much tired and our legs were shivering because of lack of energy and workout. But the hardship to reach the top of the hill was worth seeing such a scenario. While getting down it felt very scary because your leg won't have enough strength to bare your body. It will shiver when you're trying to step down every stair step. But getting down wasn't that time-consuming. It took only  1 and half hours or 2 to get down from the hill. 
Then we returned home. The list of costs is given below :
From Alangkar to Shitakundo = 70/-
From Shitakundo Bazar to Chandranath hill=15/-
Bamboo = 10/-
Bottle of water = 30/- ( 2 Liter)
Overall cost= 220/-tk for the total trip ( 2.61US$)
The cheapest tour 😃 .
Do visit this place once in your life.







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