Sixty dome mosque

       

District  :   Bagerhat
Upazila  :   Bagerhat Sadar

The largest architectural monument in Bangladesh, sixty dome mosque is located in Sadar upazila of Bagerhat district. Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (ra) built this mosque. The total number of dome in the mosque is 81. Of the 81 dome, 77 are on the main roof. The other 4 dome has 4 corners in the mosque. As it has 60 pillars inside it, it knows as sixty dome mosque. The inner pillars are made of stone. The height of the pillars is about 11 feet.Mosque length is about 169 feet and width is 104 feet. This is the largest mosque in Bangladesh. The wall of the building is very thick and it is about 8.5 feet.There are 4 round towers in the 4 corner of the mosque. The towers are hollow and two-legged.11 entrance to the eastern and 7 entrance to the north and south walls to enter inside the mosque. There are 10 mihrabs on the west wall. The mosque is made of terracotta bricks. It is guess to be built around 1366 AD. In 1985 UNESCO announced this as 321st World Cultural Heritage.

        

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