
Chandranath Hill is the eastern part of the Himalayas separated from the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over ...
. This hill goes south and south-east of the Himalayas and crosses the
Feni River
Feni River ( bn, ফেনী নদী ; ISO: ''Phēnī Nadī'' ) is a river in southeastern Bangladesh and Tripura state of India. It is a trans-boundary river with an ongoing dispute about water rights. The Feni River originates in South Tr ...
through
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
and
Tripura
Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the eas ...
states of India and joins Chittagong, Bangladesh. From the Feni river to the
Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
city, it is about 70 kilometers long.
Sitakunda Eco Park is built on the foothills of this hill.
Height and peak
The
Chandranath Temple
Chandranath Temple ( bn, চন্দ্রনাথ মন্দির or ''Chandronath mondir''), located on top of the Chandranath Hill, is a famous Shakti Peeth located near Sitakunda in Bangladesh where, as per Hindu sacred texts, the ...
, which is located at the east side of Sitakunda city, is about 1152 feet (around) high and the highest place in Chattogram district. The height of the Rajbari hummock is 889 feet and the height of Sajidhala is 801 feet. The hill height has come down very near the city of Chittagong.
Waterfalls and fountain

There are two waterfalls named Sahasradhara and Suptadhara. In Mirsarai part, there are many more fountains and waterfalls, including
Khoiyachora, Harinmara, Hatuvanga, Napittachora, Bagbiyani, Boalia, Amarmanyaka and many more. From this hill on the east, some of the fountains and canals have been gathered in the
halda river. Among them, Ghazaria, Bermasia, Fatikchari, Harulalchari and Boalia is the main. On the west, Mahamaya, Mitha Chhara and many other canal and waterfalls have fallen into the
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line bet ...
. Now a rubber dam is built on Mahamaya canal. It is the second-largest man-made lake in Bangladesh after Kaptai Lake.
Gallery
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File:উঠোন ভিউ.jpg
File:View from Chandranath Hill.jpg
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References
External links
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Mountains of Bangladesh