HI friends , hope all are well . today i will share a brief history about the historic Ghora dighi . where i went a few day's ago .
This vast pond is situated western side of , world heritage Shait Gumbad Mosque . This vast Dighi is surrounded by three mouja's (Mogra, Sundarghona and Bazeupti sundarghona ). the total area of the Dighi is about 40 acres, are measuring about 1240(east to west ) * 740( north to south ) fut .
Well known as Khanjahan's dighi which popularly known as Ghora dighi ( horse pond ) . While oral traditions claim for him that 360 Mosque and as many large tank in Bagerhat . Which were excavated by the saint . By digging a numerous big ponds for mitigating want of drinking water there are different legend on behind of naming of the dighi .
there is a legendary saying that when water was not coming up after digging very deep then khan jahan ( R:) was observing inside the pond riding on a horse water of the tank is good to drink .
Many people used to drink and also bathe in the holy pond for recovering from various diseases ; the Historic pond was declared as the protected monument ( water reservoir ) in 1986.
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