Tomb of Sultan Bayazid Bostami, Bangladesh

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Tomb of Sultan Bayazid Bostami is situated on a hillock in Nasirabad, about 6 km. to the north-west of Chittagong town, this shrine attracts a large number of visitors and pilgrims. At its base is a large tank with several hundred tortoises. Tradition has it that these animals are the descendants of the evil spirits (genii) who were cast into this shape because they incurred the wrath of the great saint who visited the place about, 1100 years ago.

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