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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Best historical place of Bangladesh in bagerhat.

Bangladesh has three world heritage sight.Best historical place Shat Gombuj Masque is one of them.The mosque constructed in the mid 15th century (1440) and completed(1459).The west wall of the mosque is decorated with stonework and terracotta.This decoration proved that it was situated in 15th century.
 Shat gombuj mosque

 Shatgombuz mosque


 Bagerhat is situated about 15 miles south east of Khulna and 200 miles south west of Dhaka.The Shat Gombuj Mosque situated at Tughlaq  style mosque.It was situated by a saint Ulug Khanjahan.In the 15 century Bagerhat town known as khalifabad.Khanjahan Ali used this masque for prayers and it was also used as assembly hall and Madrassa.The sixty piller mosque constructed with 60 pillers and 77 domes.Seventy seven domes are over the roof and four smaller ones are at the four corners of towers.Two towers were used tocall azan.It is 160 feet long and 108 feet wide.For the lighting it has 11 doors.The wallof the mosque is 6 feet thick with a slight taper over the hollow and round walls that makes the mosque Best historical place of Bangladesh.

This historical mosque proved the golden era of muslim Bengal.We are proud that the UNESCO has been recognized this mosque as a World Heritage site in1983.If you come to visit the Bangladesh please come to visit the Best historical place at Shat Gombuj Mosque.