From Wikitravel

Jessore (pronounced Josh-ore) is a city in the Khulna Division of Bangladesh. There's not a lot to do here, but the people are friendly and it makes an ok stopover en route to or from Rajshahi, Khulna or Benapole.

[edit] Get in

Jessore Airport (ICAO: JSR)

Local buses run from the Benapole border post (1 hour, Tk30), Khulna (Tk30, 1 hour) and others.

[edit] Get around

Jessore is fairly small and navigable on foot, though it's layout is a bit random and you'll be asking lots of directions from friendly folks happily willing to point a finger in any direction (including the wrong one).

Cycle-rickshaws are plentiful. From town to the Khulna-bound bus stop should cost Tk 5.

[edit][add listing] See

There isn't really much to see, aside from a a couple of small and ordinary mosques. Stroll around to see the town itself and you'll likely make a couple of friends.

• Big Marua Mandir, M.K. Road (Behind Hotel Midtown).  edit

[edit][add listing] Do

Shopping: JessTower is right on the city center,opposit of Hotel Mid-Town. For fixed priced shopping of day to day stuff check out Haat-Bazar that is next to the JessTower building.

[edit][add listing] Buy

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Rose Garden Chinese restaurant, across from the Hotel Mid-Town on MK Rd in a shopping complex. It's slightly hard to see (look up for the sign) but serves great Chinese food, including a non-greasy and tasty vegetable chowmein for Tk100.

• New Noori Hotel is about 50 meters west of Rose Garden, and is a great and popular place for local food. A feast of fish, rice, spinach, potato curry, dal and pudding will cost around Tk40.

[edit][add listing] Drink

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Hotel Mid-Town, a great budget hotel on the east end of MK Road. It's not signed in English, but anyone can point you there. Once you're in the area, it's a huge grey building with a massive cell phone tower on top (but so are several others). The staff speak little English but are very friendly. Rooms with attached shower and squat toilet from Tk110.

Grand Hotel is another cheapy nearby, and RS International and Hotel Magpie are slightly nicer, also on MK Rd.

[edit] Contact

• City Cyber Cafe, across from the post office, charges Tk20/hour for a medium speed connection.

[edit] Get out

• Tagore Lodge, near Kushtia, is the site of the home of the late great writer Rabindranath Tagore. A bus from Jessore should take around 3 hours.

Shagardarhi in Ovoynagar,a subdistrick of Jessore there the home of bangaly poet Michel Modhusudan Datta.The house is situated at the bank of Kapataksha river.

• Naldanga Temple Complex, in Kaliganj upazilla in jhenaidah district. it is a temple complex built in 1656 by Maharaj Indranarayan Debroy. there are all total 6 temples now. Goverment restored all of them in 80's. but was destroyed again at the communial riot. now most of them are in ruins. renewvation in still going on. the idol of goddess Kali was made from Banaras, India. buses to kaliganj is very available from jessore. from kaliganj naldanga can be gone by rickshaw.

• The biggest banyan tree in the world is situated in this district. one can go there by rickshaw or other human hauler from kaliganj

• The Gunjanath temple dated back at 17th century is also in Kaliganj. it can be gone from Naldanga

• at abhaynagar thana, there is a small village dhulgram. here once a magnificent temple complex was. 17 temples were there. now only one is standing. beautiful terracota design can be seen all over the temple. its very holy place. u can see the remains of some temple still now. most of the temples in the complex was submerged in the Bhairab river which flows by complex. u can go there by bus. from jessore we can go to abhaynagar by bus. from abhaynagar u can take van or we can use local human hauler to reach dhulgram.

• at bhatnagar in abhaynagar upazilla there is an ruins of 11 temple complex. here are 11 temples. all are dedicated to lord Shiv. the central temple is half broken. one should take a look at this place to feel the majesty of glorious past of bengal

• Near jessore town, there is suburb, Chanchra. here was once chanchra rajbari. it is completely ruined now. but one can see the Shiv temple, which is almost restored; the ruined Dosh Mahabidya temple, which is only piece in bangladesh and jora shiv temple at murali in almost ruined condition

This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!