Yunus Mia the tallest man in Asia was born at Halira Laksham in Comilla. He was 7 feet 6 inches tall and was the second tallest human being in the world.Yunus was the eldest son among the four children of his parents. Suddenly the growth of his body has been increasing abnormally from the 10 years of his birth. Doctors didn’t get any reasons for that abnormal growth. In the year 1981, after examine his body doctors found that he had a Diabetic. At one period he had a brain operation in PG hospital.
It was very difficult to supply necessary food and protein for Yunus Mia and his family which was most needed for the betterment of his body. Somehow the pathetic story of his life was published in various newspapers. As a result, he got the shadow at last. The Diabetic Association managed to send him free Insulin at his house. Though it was pathetic but it’s true that on his 52 years of life, he suffered a lot and passed his life lonely. He couldn’t marry any one because of his height.
Yunus Mia sacrificed his last breath in 2 August, 1999 at his own house.
A large Buddhist temple was discovered as a result of an excavation here. Every side of this temple is 550 feet long and there are 115 habitable chambers for the Buddhist mendicant. These chambers were students’ boarding house. The entrance of this Buddha Bihar is only one. After passing the stair case of the entrance was we can see a large (33.23 feet) hall room. If we take a few steps in front of the hall room we can see another hall room and through this hall room if we take another few step of the stair case we can see the way to the central temple. This temple is as like as a cross in the middle of the Buddha Bihar and the length of per arm of this cross is 170 feet. There was a Buddha shape made of bronze in the pavilion of the main place of those arms or sides. This Bihar is surrounded by 16.5 feet thick wall.
