Chapainawabganj District, Chapter-1

Chapainawabganj district is famous for mangoes! Although famous for mangoes, Chapainawabganj is also a historically famous district. Chapainawabganj district has 6 mosques of the Sultanate period! Almost every one of them is more than 500 years old. It was the capital of the Gaur kingdom of ancient Bengal. If you go here during the mango season, you will kill two birds with one stone if you visit these places along with the mangoes!

Kansat Bazar can be reached by bus from any part of the country. Sonamsjid Land Port by Auto or CNG from Kansat Bazar. Then you can go around all by reserving a van or auto rickshaw.

You can also come by train.

I mainly traveled around Chapainawabganj district by bicycle, so my route plan may not match yours. However, I have written this article to give a basic idea.

Chota Sona Mosque

First of all, I went to Chota Sona Mosque. It was 8 o'clock in the morning. So I did not find any crowds there. The children were studying Arabic in the school. I started walking around without causing any trouble to them.

The workmanship of the mosque is amazing. Such perfect work can be done by any human being, don't understand if you don't see it. However, the craftsmanship of almost every mosque wall is amazing.

The mosques are decorated with exquisite terracotta. During the reign of Sultan Ala-ud-Din Shah (1493-1519 AD), a man named Wali Mohammad built the small gold mosque. This mosque was called 'Jewel of Gaur'.

It had a golden coating on the outside, which shone like gold when the sun shone. There was another mosque in ancient Gaur known as Bara Sona Masjid. It was built by Sultan Nusrat Shah. It was bigger. So local people used to inform it as Chota Sona Masjid. One of the characteristics of Chota Sona Masjid is that only five domes can be seen from any outside side, the rear domes are not visible. There are two graves on its south-east side, the graves of Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir and Major Nazmul Haque Tullur. Both of them died in 1971 in the war of independence of Bangladesh.

Tahkhana complex

After visiting the small gold mosque, I went to the Tahkhana complex! Tahkhana complex has three floors. It is known from various historical books that Shah Suja, the son of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan, was the ruler of Bengal between 1639-1658 AD and 1639-1660 AD.

Shrine of Hazrat Shah Syed Niamatullah.

Next to it is the shrine of Hazrat Shah Syed Niamatullah.

Daraskhana mosque and madrasa

Next to Daraskhana mosque and madrasa! The Daraskhana mosque is abandoned, but the craftsmanship there is amazing.

I saw many squirrels. A little further away is the Daraskhana Madrasa, believed to be the oldest madrasa in Bangladesh.

I saw the ruins of this too on the main road.

Chamnika or Khaniyadighi Masjid.

The next destination was Chamnika or Khaniyadighi Masjid.

This mosque was built on the model of Chamnika Mosque located in India. It is crafted with terracotta bricks. The perimeter of its walls is so thick that during the scorching heat of the month of Chaitra, a cool atmosphere exists inside it. Its main dome is very beautiful. To the east of this mosque there is a big dighi named Khanjan Dighi of 60 Bigha area, on the bank of which there was a ghat with steps for the Muslims to perform ablution.

The tour is over, will you go back home now!-

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It's not over yet!! Don't forget to eat Kalai Ruti with Shibganj Bazar's famous Adi Chamcham and Eggplant Bharta. Otherwise you will regret later.

It is our responsibility to make the country clean, so if we go somewhere, we will not leave the garbage there, but we will throw it in a certain place!!