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 cemetary135 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 temple135 views
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Chuck in front of a bamboo grove134 views
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plaque with info on the cemetary and the war in the area134 views
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stuck in a traffic jam on the highway133 views
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lots of clay sculptures in a hut waiting to be painted and prepared for Durga Puja133 views
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another temple in the complex131 views
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inside a little hindu temple in Chandina, on the outskirts of Comilla129 views
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that's a sculpture of Durga inside this temple128 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)128 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.126 views
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farmers preparing the land for rice planting. this is the countryside on the way to Comilla from Dhaka119 views
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grave of a young Canadian soldier119 views
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