Patrail Mosque / Awliya Mosque and Dighi

       

District  :   Faridpur
Upazila  :   Bhanga

The Patrail Mosque is located in Patrail village of Azimnagar union under Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district. It is also known to many as Awliya Mosque. There is a huge dighi beside the mosque, this is the patrerail dighi. This place is locally known as Dighir Par, because of the dighi beside the mosque. This ancient mosque has a 10-dome mosque built in 2 row. The walls are too thick; It is about 7 feet. There are five gateways on the east side and two entrances to the north and south to enter the mosque. On the western wall there are 5 mihrabs. The mihrabs are decorated with beautiful craftsmanship. The exterior wall of the mosque also has terracotta artwork. There are 4 pillars made of stone in the inner room of the mosque.
There is a shrine near the mosque. It is an Awliya mazar called Majlis Awaliya. The mosque is more familiar to the locals as 'Majlish Awalier Mosque' due to the Awliya's shrine near the mosque. There is a stone with the mazar, where many of the Hindu-Muslims have vowed to pour milk. They believe that if they pour milk on the stone, they will fulfill their wishes due to Awliya. According to the construction technique of the mosque, it was built sometime from 1493 to 1519 CE during the reign of Sultan Hussein Shah or his son Nusrat Shah

        

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