Jaflong in Sylhet draws visitors all year to its hills, stones and the Piyain river, but autumn changes the familiar view. As the monsoon water drains away, wide stretches of sand and stone emerge from the Piyain, and white kash flowers bloom between them. Prothom Alo photographer Anis Mahmud captured that autumn.
One picture shows kash flowers across the sand-and-stone flats left by the receding river; another, clusters of kash between the stones. In places the Piyain is now little more than a narrow channel, with heaps of stone on one side and boats on the other.
With the water down, stalls have sprung up on the riverbed and tourists stroll along it. Some pick their way over the wet stones, some linger in the clear water, and others take boats to see Jaflong.
Another picture shows the other side of the change of season: Jaflong's Mayabi waterfall has no water now, yet visitors still come to see it. Stones and kash flowers have changed the Piyain's familiar face this autumn.
Photographs: Anis Mahmud, Prothom Alo.
Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5); the picture above is illustrative
Source: Prothom Alo
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