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HSC Unit: 12; Lesson: 5; Kuakata: Daughter of Sea

Kuakata, locally known as Sagar Kannya (Daughter of the Sea) is a rare scenic spot located on the southernmost tip of Bangladesh.

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§€ā§ŸāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ° āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž (āĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž) āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻŖā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤

Kuakata in Latachapli union under Kalapara Police Station of Patuakhali district is about 30 km in length and 6 km in breadth. It is 70 km from Patuakhali district headquarters and 320 km from Dhaka.

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An excellent combination of the picturesque natural beauty, sandy beaches, blue sky and the shimmering expanse of water of the Bay of Bengal and the evergreen forest makes Kuakata a much sought after tourist destination.

āĻ…āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§ŒāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¯, āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ•āĻ¤āĻ¸āĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻ¨ā§€āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻŋāĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§Ÿ āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The name Kuakata takes its origin from the story of a “Kua”- or well-dug on the sea shore by the early Rakhaine settlers for collecting drinking water.

āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡Â  āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤ āĻ•ā§‚āĻĒ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻžÂ  āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžâ€™ āĻ° āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻ­ā§‚āĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The Rakhaines had landed on Kuakata coast after being expelled from Arakan by the Mughals. Following the first well, it became a tradition to dig wells in the neighborhood of Rakhaine homesteads for fresh water supply.

āĻŽā§‹āĻ—āĻ˛ā§‡āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻ°āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨āĻ°āĻž āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ•ā§‚āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻ°ā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ•ā§‚ā§ŸāĻž āĻ–āĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Kuakata is one of the unique spots which allow a visitor to watch both the sunrise and the sunset from the beach. That perhaps makes Kuakata one of the world’s most attractive beaches.

āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻ•āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ•āĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯ā§‹āĻĻā§Ÿ āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ‰āĻ­ā§ŸāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‹āĻ•āĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāĻ¤ āĻĒā§ƒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§€āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ¨ā§€ā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻž āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŋāĻŸ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The long and wide beach at Kuakata has a typical natural setting. This sandy beach slopes gently into the Bay and bathing there is as pleasant as is swimming or diving.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ¸ā§ˆāĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻļ āĻĸāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ• āĻ¤ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻœāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ•āĨ¤

Kuakata is truly a virgin beach and a sanctuary for migratory winter birds. Fishing boats plying in the Bay of Bengal with colourful sails, surfing waves and the lines of coconut trees add to the vibrant colours Kuakata.

āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻļā§€āĻ¤āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§€āĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ŸāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻ™āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻ§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§ŒāĻ•āĻž, āĻĢā§‡āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĸā§‡āĻ‰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ˛ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•ā§ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ‰āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ°āĻ‚āĻ¸āĻŽā§‚āĻšāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The indigenous culture of the Rakhaine community and hundred year old Buddhist temples indicate the age – old tradition and cultural heritage of this area.

āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻœāĻ¸ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻŦā§ŒāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ°āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻāĻ‡ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ• āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Kuakata is also a holy land for the Hindus and Buddhists. Each year thousands of devotees come here to attend the festivals Rash Purnima and Maghi Purnima.

āĻ•ā§‚ā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻŸāĻž āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ āĻ“ āĻŦā§ŒāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨āĻ“āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻ“ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˜ā§€ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸ā§‡āĨ¤

On these two days, pilgrims take holy bath and enjoy going to the traditional fairs.

āĻāĻ‡ āĻĻā§āĻ‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§€āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ­ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

1.Rare (Adj)

2.Scenic (adj)

3.Headquarters (n)

4.Excellent (adj)

5.Combination (n)

6.Picturesque (adj)

7.Shimmering (adj)

8.Sought (adj)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

1.āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻ˛

2.āĻ¨ā§ˆāĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ•

3.āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ° āĻĻāĻĢāĻ¤āĻ°

4.āĻšāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ°

5.āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§Ÿ

6.āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻĒāĻŽ

7.āĻāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋ

8.āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

09. Destination (n)

10. Expanse (n)

11. Expelled (v)

12. Homestead (n)

13. Unique (adj)

14. Typical (adj)

15. Pleasant (adj)

16. Sanctuary (n)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŖ

ā§§ā§§. āĻ…āĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤

ā§§ā§¨. āĻŦāĻžā§œāĻŋāĻ˜āĻ°

ā§§ā§Š. āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĻ•

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻ†āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ŸāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
New Word

17. Migratory (adj)

18. Vibrant (adj)

19. Indigenous ( adj)

20. Community (adj)

21. Indicate (v)

22. Heritage ( n)

23. Devotee (n)

24. Pilgrim (n)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§§ā§­. āĻ­ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖāĻļā§€āĻ˛/ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻ‰āĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāĻ˛

ā§§ā§¯. āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§€ā§Ÿ

ā§¨ā§Ļ. āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžā§Ÿ

ā§¨ā§§. āĻ¸ā§‚āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤

ā§¨ā§¨. āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¯

ā§¨ā§Š. āĻ­āĻ•ā§āĻ¤

ā§¨ā§Ē. āĻ¤ā§€āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§€