Sitakunda Hot Spring

Along the hilly coastal strip of Chittagong Division in southeastern Bangladesh, Sitakunda is a sub-district where the Chittagong Hill Tracts begin their rise from the Bengal plain. The hot spring here is a geological curiosity in a country otherwise defined by alluvial flatlands — a bicarbonate source that surfaces at 35 °C, with a neutral pH of 7.5, drawing visitors from Chittagong city and pilgrims attending the annual Shiva Chaturdashi festival at the nearby Hindu temple complex.

At 35 °C the water is comfortably warm rather than hot — a temperature that encourages relaxed soaking in the open air. The bicarbonate composition gives it a clean, soft quality. Surrounded by dense tropical vegetation and the sounds of the coastal hills, the Sitakunda spring occupies a singular place in Bangladeshi geography: one of the very few geothermal spots in a largely tectonically stable landscape, and a site where geology, pilgrimage, and everyday bathing tradition have long coexisted.