Panam city, Sonargaon, Narayanganj.

saifuddinmahmud (69)Traveler 🇧🇩in Traveling Steem • 2 months ago

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I am @saifuddinmahmud from Bangladesh. There is a beautiful and amazing contest. The contest name is Map Your World on Steem Atlas - Week 19 Organised by @mohammadfaisal. I am going to introduce a historical place. I hope everyone will enjoy my post.

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The name of this place is Panam City. Its Bengali name is also known as Panam Nagar. It is located in Sonargaon Upazila of Narayanganj district. I have visited this place 3 times. I first went in 2011, second 2016 and last 2025. When i visited 2011 at that time, this place was not protected. Later, the Bangladesh government took the initiative to protect it. The Bangladesh government ordered the Department of Archaeology to protect it. Then they made it a boundary on all sides. They put gates on 2 ends. They renovated the more dangerous buildings and closed them.

History of Panam City

There were three cities in ancient Sonargaon. Among them, Panam Nagar was the most interesting. There are many buildings here that are several centuries old. It is related to the history of the Bar Bhuiyans of Bengal. This city was built over an area of about 20 square kilometers in Sonargaon Upazila. Panam Nagar is among the 100 historical cities in the world that are in ruins. About 450 years ago, Isha Khan who is the leader of Bar Bhuiyan's community established the first capital of Bengal in Sonargaon in the 15th century. The oldest city in Sonargaon was Panam City. Panam was originally the residence of the rich traders of Bengal at that time. The traders business was from Dhaka to Kolkata. They used to bring and receive trade goods through the Meghna River. As Panam City was located near the Meghna River, traders started settling here. After this, it gradually turned into the historic Panam City. They built this Panam Nagar.

Entry Gate

This is the entrance gate. There is an iron gate here. There is a small pocket gate to entrance. You have to enter through here. You must show your ticket to the Ansar police member while entering.

Tickets

This is the ticket counter. The ticket price is given on a banner next to it.

Nationality	Price in BDT	Price in STEEM
Bangladeshi	20 Taka	1.5 STEEM
Foreigner	300 Taka	19 STEEM
SAARC-registered Foreigner	100 Taka	7 STEEM

History and Direction Board

This is a board. It is written in brief about Panama City. It tells what visitors can see and learn inside. It has written in Bangla & English both languages.

This billboard mentions the schedule

Day	Opening & Closing Time	Break
Tuesday to Saturday	10:00 AM to 6:00 PM	1:00 PM to 1:30 PM break
Monday	2:00 PM to 6:00 PM	No break
Sunday	Weekly closed

Renovation Proof Board

Some pictures are given on this board. These pictures are of how it was before the renovation and some pictures of the current condition after the renovation are given as proof.

Office Building

This is an office building. This building was a very old building. It has been renovated and made suitable for use. Now the official activities of this establishment are conducted from here.

The Old Buildings

This is an old building. The doors, windows, and brickwork of the building are all visible. Looking at the building structure, it is possible to guess how two-story buildings were built in the old days. The building is very large in length, which shows that many people lived inside a house.

The stairs, doors, and windows of these houses have been locked. Because these houses are now dangerous. They cannot take any kind of pressure. So they have been locked to avoid any kind of remote incident.

Every house has some kind of numbering. Almost every house is almost the same. So they identify it with these numbers.

This is a 1-storey building. There is a public room inside it. If you look at the structure of the building, it seems like a hotel. There are many rooms side by side.

They are very well designed. They are a bit different and an attempt has been made to give a touch of modernity. The buildings of the houses have different designs. This shows that an influential family used to live here.

Some of the houses here are very simple in structure. That means that people used to live there in simple clothes. But some houses look very beautiful.

Some parts of the houses are scary to look at. Because they have been made in a very spooky condition. This is the back part of a house.

There are many old houses with one or two floors like this throughout the area. Usually, the way to enter the two-story houses has been blocked. Because the houses are now very risky. The most interesting thing is that you will see that these houses have a lot of windows. In the old days there was no electricity. So, a lot of light and air can enter the house and the hot weather inside the house can escape, so multiple windows have been used here.

There are many small huts outside this house. Soldiers used to guard the house standing in these huts. Perhaps this could be a meeting center. For this, arrangements have been made to deploy a sufficient number of soldiers outside. The security fence has been strengthened.

Other houses inside Panam City. Each house has multiple windows for ventilation. Through these, sufficient light and air can enter the room. This keeps the room cool.

Destroyed building

Some of the houses in very bad condition. There are no doors or windows in this house. Everything has been destroyed.

Interior room

This is the interior of a room. There are small boxes like small boxes on the wall. They probably kept their necessary things here. There are stands carved into the wall to keep candles. Candles were kept in these small places to light the room.

Temple

There is an ancient temple inside it. The temple's structure is quite dangerous, so another new temple has been built next to the temple.

Well

There is a well inside it to draw water. In the past, people used to collect water for cooking from the well. This well is one of the signs of that.

Pond

This is a pond. There is a ghat in the pond. There are seats to sit on the pond ghat.

Stage

This is like a stage. It is assumed that some event would have taken place around this stage or stage.

Inside road

This is the internal road inside the city. The roads have been paved with asphalt.

Toilet

There are internal toilets. There are separate arrangements for men and women.

Bench

There are small benches at different places. People can spend some time sitting here.

Parking area

There is a parking lot here. The parking lot is quite large. There is a parking lot for cars, motorcycles, and various types of vehicles. There is no fee for parking.

Some important information

Name	Panam City
Place	Sonargaon, Narayanganj
Management	Department of Archaeology, Government of Bangladesh
Google Map	https://maps.app.goo.gl/Dap46iqYw6oGYCHU9
steem-atlas map	[//]:# (!steematlas 23.65593671 lat 90.60428268 long Panam Nagar d3scr)
Wikipedia link	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panam_Nagar
Captured by	Galaxy A14 5G
Personal rating	9.8