Sonarong is a lovely village at Tongibari Upazila of Munshiganj district. This village has a beautiful "Moth" (a place for praying by Hindu religious people) which is known as "Sonarong Jora Moth".
It is used to call twin moth or temple, because it has two towers side by side. It may be around 150 feet high from the ground. There is a large pond just in front of the Moth. This moth is not functioning now a days. Every side of the moth is covered with trees and that gives a lovely golden and green color's panoramic view of the moth.
The larger moth was made for "Shiva"(Hindu God), and made during 1843, and the smaller one for "Kali"(Hindu Goddess), and made during 1886. It was built by a Hindu merchant named "Rupchand" From stone inscriptions fixed over the temple's entrance.
The two towers of the moth are not equal sized. One is much larger than another one. The larger tower has hundreds of holes at the top of it, and each hole is occupied by parrots. Visitors may observe hundreds of parrots from the place, and they are making sweet sound together all the day long.
During the breeding season, the top of the moth become green for the numerous numbers of parrots. Both the towers of the moth are ornamented nicely with different types of leafs motif and blind alcoves.
To reach there, at first visitor have to go to Munshiganj. There are several transports available from Dhaka to Munshiganj. The bus services are "Nayan Paribahan", "Dighir par Paribahan" and "Dhaka Transport", all of the buses used to start from "Gulistan" of Dhaka. It will cost you 60-80 taka, and will require 1 hrs to 2 hrs bus journey depending upon the road traffic.
After reaching Munshiganj It is very easy to move towards Sonarong Jora Temple from Tongibari bus station. To reach the moth, firs you have to reach the "Tongibari" upazila. From Muktarpur bridge, you can ride on any "Leguna" or "Auto-rickshaw", which will take you at the Tongibari bus stop.
This will take 30 to 40 minutes and then ride on another rickshaw or auto-rickshaw. It's just five minutes away from the Bus stop.
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