Shital pati

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Shital Pati (cool mat) is a kind of mat which is feels cold by nature. It is made from murta plants (Clinogyne dichotoma).

Shitalpati is made from cane or from murta plants, known at different places as mostak, patipata, patibet and paitara. The murta plant grows around water bodies in sylhet, sunamganj, barisal, tangail, comilla, noakhali, feni and chittagong. These days nakshi pati made of murta plants is available only in Sylhet and Noakhali districts of Bangladesh