Shapla Square
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For the protest of Bangladeshi Shapla Square, see 2013 Operation at Motijheel Shapla Chattar.
Shapla Square (Bengali: শাপলা চত্বর, Shapla Chottor) is a huge sculpture at the heart of Motijheel near the center of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. It depicts a Shapla (water lily, the species Nymphaea nouchali), the national flower of Bangladesh. The sculpture is surrounded by a fountain. [1]
The location also marks a mass grave of the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.[2]