Travel in Karnafuli River in Chittagong

                Karnafuly River Ghittagong-Bangladesh

Karnafuli River the largest and most important river in chittagong one of traveling places to go if you are in the city, Originating in the Lushai hills in Mizoram State of India. It travels through 180 km of mountainous wilderness making a narrow loop at rangamati and then follows a zigzag course before it forms two other prominent loops, the Dhuliachhari and the kaptai.

There is a story behind naming of the Karnafuli river.According to story an Arakanese princess fell in love with a tribal prince of Chittagong.Once they were enjoying a moonlit boat ride on the river with the prince. While admiring the reflection of the moon dancing on the rippled water surface, the princess inclined slightly and  tucked a flower in the hair of  the princess suddenly the flower fell into the river. The princess was grief-stricken at losing the flower, which she held as a present from her charming prince. She immediately jumped into the river to retrieve the flower but could not. Instead she was carried away by the fast-flowing current and vanished in the river. The prince dived into the river to rescue the princess but in vain. Out of sorrow he drowned himself in the river to unite with the princess after death. This tragedy gave the river its name Karnafuli from the word 'karnaful' meaning 'flower adorning the ear'. The river is known to the Marma tribe as the Kynsa Khyong.