Kushtia কুষ্টিয়া
Lalon's songs, Tagore's estate and the Padma
Kushtia is the cultural heart of the south-west. The mystic poet Lalon Shah lies buried at Cheuria, where Bauls gather to sing his songs, and Rabindranath Tagore wrote some of his finest work at Shilaidaha on the Padma. Add a sesame sweet, a historic railway bridge and Kumarkhali's looms.
- Lalon Shah's akhra
- Shilaidaha Kuthibari
- Tiler khaja
- Hardinge Bridge
- Kumarkhali weaving
Places
Place Lalon Shah's shrine and akhra, Cheuria
ছেঁউড়িয়ায় লালন শাহের মাজার ও আখড়াThe resting place of the mystic singer Lalon, where Bauls sing his songs late into the night.
Place Shilaidaha Kuthibari
শিলাইদহ কুঠিবাড়িTagore's estate house near the Padma, where he wrote and managed his family's lands.
Place Hardinge Bridge
হার্ডিঞ্জ ব্রিজA century-old steel railway bridge striding across the Padma at Bheramara.
Place Tagore Lodge, Milpara
টেগর লজ, মিলপাড়াA two-storey house in Kushtia town that Rabindranath Tagore built in 1895 as the office of his family's trading firm, now a small museum.
Place Jhaudia Shahi Mosque
ঝাউদিয়া শাহী মসজিদA Mughal-style village mosque with corner minarets, protected by the Department of Archaeology and busy with visitors every Friday.
Place Kangal Harinath Memorial Museum, Kumarkhali
কাঙাল হরিনাথ স্মৃতি জাদুঘর, কুমারখালীA museum in Kumarkhali for Kangal Harinath, the 19th-century village journalist and Baul songwriter who printed his paper here.
Place Swastipur Shahi Mosque
স্বস্তিপুর শাহী মসজিদA small domed mosque by the Kushtia–Jhenaidah road, thought to date from about 1660, in Shaista Khan's time.
Foods
Food Tiler khaja
তিলের খাজাCrunchy sesame and sugar sticks, sold by hawkers at every station and ferry ghat.
Food Shon papdi
শনপাপড়িFlaky, melt-in-the-mouth threads of sugar, flour and ghee in neat little squares.
Food Kushtia Kulfi Malai
কুষ্টিয়ার কুলফি মালাইSlow-reduced milk ice frozen overnight and sold the next afternoon, the kulfi Kushtia is known for.
Traditions
Where to stay
Hotel prices in every district →- Budget hotel
- ৳500–2,000
- Good hotel
- ৳2,000–3,500
- Upscale / resort
- No data
Peak season: Rooms get scarce during the Lalon Mela (Oct and Mar) at Chheuria.
Named hotels (1)
- Hotel Riverview / Fair Rest House / Hotel Goldstar Kushtia town range quoted for the town's residential hotels together
Where these prices come from
Daily Star (Dec 2023): Kushtia has no five-star hotel; residential hotels such as Hotel Riverview, Fair Rest House, Goldstar, Azmiri and Padma charge 500–2,000 a night. The mid band is an estimate.
Prices come from newspapers, the Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation website and the hotels' own listings. Call the hotel to check the rate before you book.
Where to eat, and what it costs
This district's meal costs are estimated from nearby districts. Any restaurants listed below have their own sourced prices.
Room and food together here come to roughly ৳650–2,450 per person a day
From a budget hotel and local eateries up to a good hotel and good restaurants. We assume two people share a room, so each pays half the room rate. Travel, tickets and upscale places are extra.
We don't have restaurant prices for this district yet.
Taste these
- Tiler khaja Shops around Kushtia town and Mojampur; hawkers on trains Approx. 20–50 BDT per pack
- Shon papdi Sweet makers in Kushtia town Approx. 30–60 BDT per pack
- Kushtia Kulfi Malai Kulfi sellers around Kushtia town, mostly in the afternoon
Where these prices come from
Thin data: no sourced eatery prices for Kushtia. Meal costs are set from sourced south-west figures: in a 2023 report, a cheap hotel in nearby Pirojpur served fish or meat meals at 80-85 Tk while other town hotels charged at least 100-150 Tk; Joljog in Jashore sold luchi at 7 Tk and dal or sabji at 15 Tk a plate in 2025. Allowance is made for later price rises.
Prices come from newspapers and the restaurants' own listings, and they change over time.
Crafts and food from this district are in our shop.
