Kan Raza's Cave', the amazing tunnel of Ramu in Cox's Bazar.
Those who went in, they say the length of the cave is three and a half feet. It goes 70 feet to walk. Then there is a crawl. There is a large salon. There are four tunnels there again. There are pictures on the walls. The tunnel of the Ukhiyagana mountain of Kawarchkhope union of Ramu upazila of Cox's Bazar is covered with many unknown and unknown mysteries.
The locals know the tunnel, the 'Kan Raza tunnel' or 'Aadhar Manik'. Dark night at the entrance to this tunnel Manik-like light is burning because it has been named 'Dark Manik'.
In the book 'History of Cox's Bazar' published in 1990, there is a description of this tunnel. It is said that when the ruler of this region ruled the Marma community (a blind eye), he built a tunnel for self defense. But when the king ruled the country, there was no information about him anywhere.
About eight kilometers (Ramu-Naikhongchhari road) from the headquarters of Ramu upazila of Choumohani, Kawarokhop Bazar If some distance from the market is left to the left, 'Kawarakhop Hakim Rakima High School' If there is more than three kilometers east of the school, a mountain above 70-80 feet in front. Under the mountain, 'tunnel of Kan Raja'. Several people were seen in the tunnel area on Monday morning.
Tanvir Sarwar Rana, renowned painter of Ramu, came around 350 feet in the tunnel on April 8. He is the President of Cox's Bazar Art Club. Tanvir Sarwar said in the first light, he could walk about 70 feet from the mouth of the tunnel. The remaining tunnel had to crawl him or lie down. At a distance of 60 feet, he found a 25-foot tall, 25-feet-wide salon. There are four tunnels around the pavement. Two paths have gone up the hill, the other two roads are down. The tunnels were filled with soil. Drawing pictures on the tunnel wall. There are numerous bats, insect rich in the cave.
Ramu's surprise tunnel is underway.
Ramu's surprise tunnel is underway. Photo: Prothom Alo
Artist Tanvir Sarwar said, he was also surprised to see the tunnel. It's not just a tunnel, but a thousand-year history. The length of the tunnel can be a few kilometers. This can be a Senakampa created for the protection of a promising king. To establish the tunnel, he is approaching archaeologists and researchers from the country.
Locals said that after the 8th of April, the workers were assigned a few rounds of work to remove the jungle clean and filled soil and show the tunnel to the people. Now many people are going to see the tunnel every day. If the ancient archaeological archive is preserved in government initiative, tourists' arrival will increase.
Kishore Barua, 65, headmaster of Hakim Rakima High School, said, once the dark mountain was full of green vegetation. Even now, people's habitat around the hill was abandoned, but the wonder cave was abandoned. Nobody took any initiative to reform a few hundred years old tunnel.
The head teacher said that they took an initiative to publish a memorial on the occasion of the celebration of the Rajat Jayanti celebration of the school. Memorandum is decided by using tunnel images for cover. To draw the picture of the tunnel, they went to the painter Tanvir Sarwar. Tanvir expressed his interest to see the tunnel before drawing a picture. On March 23, teachers and students of the school and local people were shocked to see the tunnel.
Shamasul Alam, a resident of Ukhighona of Kawarkhope and a member of Cox's Bazar District Council, said that the tunnel of the Kan Raja is a little away from his village. During his childhood he visited the tunnel several times with the local people. Then he went inside about 100 feet. In the tunnel he saw a cartoon or stage. Many people also called the rest house. There were some tunnels out of the tunnel. Once upon a time the Chaitriketi festival is going on. Then the people of the Buddhist community gathered together.
Kawarkhope's resident, Kamal Hossain said, "The tunnel was untouched for a long time. 300 years of history surrounding the tunnel. Since childhood, we have heard of this tunnel. Today is a chance to see for yourself. '
Local grandson Banu Bala Barua (70) said that he had gone to see the tunnel many times. During that time many people were looking for valuable resources. There may still be valuable resources in the tunnel.
Local school teacher Tajuddin and Mohammad Abdullah said, the entrance to the tunnel was covered with mountains and jungle. On 23rd March, the newly discovered tunnel of soil and jungle was invented. When it goes inside the tunnel it seems like a living cave.