Gokul Medh – Bogura – Lonely Traveler

This Gokul Medh is also known as Behular bashor ghor. This is located in the village Gokul of Shibganj upazila, Bogura. It’s around 11 kilometers apart from the main town, and it is also a part of the Mahasthangarh. This is one of the most visited archaeological sites from Bogura.

Local people believe that this was the Bashor ghor of Behula and Lakkhindar. Lakkhindar was cursed, and it was that he would die during the first night after his marriage by the bite of a deadly poisonous snake. That’s why he built a house and it had only a small hole, and through it only the needle could pass. But that couldn’t save his life. A snake entered through that hole and took his life. But this myth doesn’t have any authenticity.

Actually this Gokul medh was a Buddhist temple, and it was built for the prayer. During the excavation (that was operated by the Bangladesh Government) a skeleton of a human was found from here. My guess is, that discovery put the fuel on the local people’s belief about Behula. It doesn’t matter whether the story is true or not, a lot of tourists visit this place and they use to call this as Behular Bashor Ghor.

This Gokul Medh looks different from differnet angle.

Opening and Closing time:

Like any other archaeological sites from Bangladesh, this Gokul Medh remains closed during Sunday. Also it remains open from 9am-5pm. It has a parking facility for the visitors who are there with private cars.