Centred on the Jashore–Benapole highway in Jhikargachha, Godkhali is the commercial heart of commercial floriculture in Bangladesh. Each morning between dawn and 9 am, growers from surrounding villages bring cycle-loads of fresh marigolds, red roses, gladioli, and gerberas to trade at wholesale prices. Beyond the roadside auction yard, miles of village lanes lead past polytunnels and open floral fields. Arrive shortly after sunrise when the trading floor is most active and farmers unload their daily harvests.
- Best time
- December to February
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Free to visit; shared auto-rickshaw from Jashore about ৳40–50 each way
How to get to Godkhali Flower Market
About 20 km west of Jashore town along the Benapole highway. Local buses or shared auto-rickshaws from Jashore bus terminal reach Godkhali bazar in roughly 30 minutes.
Jashore town is about 180 km from Dhaka, around 4 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Jashore guide.
More to see in Jashore
Photo: Tahsina Ayonee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Michael Madhusudan Memorial মাইকেল মধুসূদন স্মৃতিবাড়ি
The 19th-century riverside homestead of epic poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt, conserved with family artefacts beside the Kopotakkho River.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳20–30 for Bangladeshis, more for foreign visitors; bus from Jashore about ৳60–80 each way
Photo: Kazi Rashed Abdallah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Chachra Shiva Temple চাঁচড়া শিব মন্দির
A late 17th-century terracotta Shiva temple built in the Bengali eight-roofed style by the rajas of Chachra on the outskirts of Jashore.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; rickshaw from town centre about ৳30–40
Photo: Prasun.kp, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mirzanagar Hammamkhana মির্জানগর হাম্মামখানা
A 17th-century Mughal brick bathhouse with subterranean water channels and three domed chambers near the confluence of the Kopotakkho River.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; bus from Jashore to Keshabpur roughly ৳50; easy-bike about ৳30
Photo: Reaid Hossain, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jashore Junction Railway Station যশোর জংশন রেলওয়ে স্টেশন
A major railway junction established in 1884, now receiving direct express trains from Dhaka across the newly connected Padma Bridge line.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Platform ticket roughly ৳10; rickshaw from town centre about ৳25–30