Begungram

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Begungram (Bengali: বেগুনগ্রাম) is a village in Kalai Upazila of Joypurhat District in north-western Bangladesh.

It is the site of the largest annual Nabanna (harvest festival) in northern Bangladesh.^[1]

At the northern end of the village is a mazar (shrine) over the grave of Khwaja Abdul Gafur Chishti, who died in Begungram in 1974.^[2]

The madrasa education system includes one fazil madrasa, the private Begungram Chasmaye Ulum B.L. Sr. Fazil Madrasah.^[3]

References

^ রাত পোহানোর অপেক্ষায় কালাইয়ের নবান্ন উৎসব [Kalai Nabanna festival waiting for nightfall]. Daily Bhorer Dak (in Bengali). 16 November 2022.
^ "Five slaughtered at Joypurhat mazaar". The Daily Star. BSS. 22 January 2003.
^ "Madrasa List". Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics.

25°02′13″N 89°10′32″E / 25.03694°N 89.17556°E / 25.03694; 89.17556

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[1] রাত পোহানোর অপেক্ষায় কালাইয়ের নবান্ন উৎসব [Kalai Nabanna festival waiting for nightfall]. Daily Bhorer Dak (in Bengali). 16 November 2022.

[2] "Five slaughtered at Joypurhat mazaar". The Daily Star. BSS. 22 January 2003.

[3] "Madrasa List". Bangladesh Bureau of Educational Information and Statistics.

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