Sixty Pillar Mosque
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A view of the Sixty Pillar Mosque |
The
Sixty Pillar Mosque () (the Shatgumbad) is a mosque located in
Bagerhat, south
Bangladesh. This is one of the oldest mosques in the country. It attracts a large number of tourists and visitors every year.
It has more than sixty pillars with its eighty one gambuj or domes. Seventy seven domes are over the roof and four smaller ones over the four corner towers. It was established by
Khan Jahan Ali, a muslim saint and the local ruler of Bagerhat, during the 15th century CE. The mosque is decorated mostly with
terracotta and bricks.
As it is heard that this mosque had been used for three purposes.
*As a prayer
mosque.
*As a assembly hall on early times of
Muslims.
*Madrasa.
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Shatgumbad Mosque at Banglapedia
