See the sixty-domed mosque

One of the ancient archaeologists in Bangladesh is the Shatgumbad Mosque. Shatgumbad Mosque occupies an important place among ancient mosques. As you would like to know about the history of various monasteries, temples, mosques and monuments, you can see this mosque founded by Khan Jahan Ali.

History:-

Shatgumbad Mosque is an ancient mosque located in the southwest of Bagerhat district of Bangladesh. There is no inscription on the mosque. So no accurate information is available about who was created or at what time it was built. However, there is no doubt about the architecture of the mosque that Khan-i-Jahan had built. It is believed that he built it in the 1500s. This mosque was built for many years and with a lot of money. The stones were brought from Rajmahal It is located in one of the three world heritage sites of Bangladesh; The city of Bagerhat has been given the status of World Heritage Site. UNESCO gave this honor in 1983.

During the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1435-59) Khan al-Azam Ulug Khan Jahan established the state of Khalifabad with the coasts of the Sundarbans. Khanjahan set up a court hall for meeting, which later became a Shatgumbad Mosque.

Which will see:-

This mosque was built for many years. The stones were brought from Rajmahal The construction style of Tughlaqi and Johanpuri is obvious. The mosque has 11 large enclosure doors on the eastern wall. The middle door is bigger than the others. There are seven doors on the north and south walls. There are four monuments in the four corners of the mosque. Their design is round and they are narrowed upwards. The cornice has a round band and a round dome on the top. The height of the monuments is more than the rooftop cornice. There are spinning stairs in the front two minarets and there was arrangement for Ajan from here. One of them is named Raushan Kotha, and the other is named as Indore Kotha. There are 60 pillars or pillars inside the mosque. They are located in six quarters from north to south and each row has 10 pillars.

Each stone was cut into stone, only five pillars were covered with bricks from outside. This dome is made on 60 pillars and surrounding walls. The name of the mosque is sixty-domed (60 dome) mosque, but the dome here is not 60, but the number of dome is 77. Seven domes in the middle between the 70 domes of 77 dome and the middle of the eastern wall and the mihrab between the west wall, they are very much like rice rice in Bangladesh.

How to go:-

There are two different routes from Dhaka to Bagerhat. One is Khulna Bagerhat by going to Aricha Ferry crossing Gabtoli in Dhaka. The other is Gulistan / Sayedabad and Mawa Ferry/Launch crossing between Bagerhat and Bagerhat.