Historic and Colorful Mosques, Churches, Temples, Shrines and Tombs in Bangladesh

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 05:51 PM

Post images of any historic and colorful mosques, churches and temples from all across Bangladesh.

Naya Dighi Mosque

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 05:54 PM

Chhoto Shona Mosque: Jewel of Chapai Nababganj.

Grand feast for eyes. A masterpiece of architecture. 13th century mosque has simplistic design and weight of history. Time has written its scribble in black on on its sand stone bricks. A jewel in North west of Bangladesh.

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 05:57 PM

Kushumba Mosque, Naogaon.

Kusumba Mosque is named after the village of Kusumba, under the Manda upazila of Naogaon district, on the west bank of the Atrai river. It is inside a walled enclosure with a monumental gateway that has standing spaces for guards. It was built during the period of Afghan rule in Bengal under one of the last Suri rulers Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, by one Sulaiman who was probably a high ranking official. The inscription tablet in Arabic (only the word 'built by' is in Persian) dating the building to 966 AH (1558-59 AD) is fixed over its eastern central entrance. Although built during Suri rule, it is not influenced at all by the earlier Suri architecture of North India, and is well grounded in the Bengal style. The brick building, gently curved cornice, and the engaged octagonal corner towers are typical features. The mosque, presently protected by the Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh, was badly damaged during the earthquake of 1897.

Although the main fabric of the building is of brick the entire exterior walls, and the interior up to the arches of the pendentives have stone facing. The columns, platform, floor, and perforated side screens are of stone. The mosque has a rectangular plan with three bays and two aisles, three entrances on the east and two each on the north and south sides (Fig. 2). The central mihrab is projected in the west. The interior west (qibla) wall has two mihrabs on the floor level opposite the central and southeastern entrances, but the one in the northwestern bay is above a raised platform ascended by a staircase on the east. The presence of such a platform in a non-imperial mosque indicates that not only royalty, but nobility and high-ranking officials were also separated from the general public during prayers.

The mihrabs have elaborate stone carving. They have cusped arches crowned with kalasa (water pot) motifs, supported on intricately carved stone pillars which have projections and tasseled decorations hanging from chains. Bunches of grapes and vines curve in an almost serpentine manner on the mihrab frames, and kalasas, tendrils and rosettes are reduced to dots. The platform edge has grape vine decoration, and there are rosettes on the spandrels of the arches supporting the platform, as well as on the mihrab wall.

The stone used in the exterior facing is of a coarse quality and carved in shallow relief. Mouldings are most prominent decorative feature on the outside. They divide the walls into upper and lower sections, run all along the curved cornice, around the corner towers, in a straight line below the cornice, and frame the rectangular panels in the east, south and north walls. The spandrels of the central entrance arch are filled with small kalasa and rosette motifs. The north and south sides have screened windows.

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 06:14 PM

Jagannath Temple in Comilla

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 06:17 PM

Golden Temple in Bandarban

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 06:28 PM

Colorful mosques near highways.

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 06:42 PM

60 Dome Mosque, Bagerhat

Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 06:43 PM

A buddhist temple in Bandarban. According to the buddhists, the top 6 floors represent the six stages of heaven, the ground floor represents the world we live in.

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Tmac · May 16th, 2007, 06:51 PM

A chakma temple in Rangamati

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tanzirian · May 16th, 2007, 07:01 PM

Nice thread Tmac; I will contribute when I can.

meghnarmajhi · May 17th, 2007, 03:37 AM

These are some great pictures, Tmac.

Tmac · May 17th, 2007, 06:31 PM

meghnarmajhi · May 17th, 2007, 07:02 PM

This one is a beautiful mosque. Where is it?

Tmac · May 18th, 2007, 08:11 AM

A temple in Rangamati

tanzirian · May 18th, 2007, 07:50 PM

Tmac, where is the mosque in first pic of post 12?

Tmac · May 18th, 2007, 08:14 PM

it's somewhere in Dhaka. I am not sure of the exact location.

Tmac · May 29th, 2007, 08:05 PM

Tmac · May 30th, 2007, 07:52 AM

One domed Mosque

Tmac · May 30th, 2007, 07:53 AM

Nine domed Mosque

Tmac · May 30th, 2007, 08:01 AM

Kantazir Temple, Dinajpur

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May 16th, 2007, 05:54 PM	#2
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	Chhoto Shona Mosque: Jewel of Chapai Nababganj. Grand feast for eyes. A masterpiece of architecture. 13th century mosque has simplistic design and weight of history. Time has written its scribble in black on on its sand stone bricks. A jewel in North west of Bangladesh.

May 16th, 2007, 05:57 PM	#3
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	Kushumba Mosque, Naogaon. Kusumba Mosque is named after the village of Kusumba, under the Manda upazila of Naogaon district, on the west bank of the Atrai river. It is inside a walled enclosure with a monumental gateway that has standing spaces for guards. It was built during the period of Afghan rule in Bengal under one of the last Suri rulers Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, by one Sulaiman who was probably a high ranking official. The inscription tablet in Arabic (only the word 'built by' is in Persian) dating the building to 966 AH (1558-59 AD) is fixed over its eastern central entrance. Although built during Suri rule, it is not influenced at all by the earlier Suri architecture of North India, and is well grounded in the Bengal style. The brick building, gently curved cornice, and the engaged octagonal corner towers are typical features. The mosque, presently protected by the Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh, was badly damaged during the earthquake of 1897. Although the main fabric of the building is of brick the entire exterior walls, and the interior up to the arches of the pendentives have stone facing. The columns, platform, floor, and perforated side screens are of stone. The mosque has a rectangular plan with three bays and two aisles, three entrances on the east and two each on the north and south sides (Fig. 2). The central mihrab is projected in the west. The interior west (qibla) wall has two mihrabs on the floor level opposite the central and southeastern entrances, but the one in the northwestern bay is above a raised platform ascended by a staircase on the east. The presence of such a platform in a non-imperial mosque indicates that not only royalty, but nobility and high-ranking officials were also separated from the general public during prayers. The mihrabs have elaborate stone carving. They have cusped arches crowned with kalasa (water pot) motifs, supported on intricately carved stone pillars which have projections and tasseled decorations hanging from chains. Bunches of grapes and vines curve in an almost serpentine manner on the mihrab frames, and kalasas, tendrils and rosettes are reduced to dots. The platform edge has grape vine decoration, and there are rosettes on the spandrels of the arches supporting the platform, as well as on the mihrab wall. The stone used in the exterior facing is of a coarse quality and carved in shallow relief. Mouldings are most prominent decorative feature on the outside. They divide the walls into upper and lower sections, run all along the curved cornice, around the corner towers, in a straight line below the cornice, and frame the rectangular panels in the east, south and north walls. The spandrels of the central entrance arch are filled with small kalasa and rosette motifs. The north and south sides have screened windows.

May 16th, 2007, 06:14 PM	#4
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	Jagannath Temple in Comilla

May 16th, 2007, 06:17 PM	#5
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	Golden Temple in Bandarban

May 16th, 2007, 06:28 PM	#6
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	Colorful mosques near highways.

May 16th, 2007, 06:42 PM	#7
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	60 Dome Mosque, Bagerhat

May 16th, 2007, 06:43 PM	#8
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	A buddhist temple in Bandarban. According to the buddhists, the top 6 floors represent the six stages of heaven, the ground floor represents the world we live in. image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr

May 16th, 2007, 07:01 PM	#10
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Nice thread Tmac; I will contribute when I can.

May 17th, 2007, 03:37 AM	#11
meghnarmajhi Tetulia theke Teknaf Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,861 Likes (Received): 0	These are some great pictures, Tmac.

May 17th, 2007, 06:31 PM	#12
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2

May 17th, 2007, 07:02 PM	#13
meghnarmajhi Tetulia theke Teknaf Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1,861 Likes (Received): 0	This one is a beautiful mosque. Where is it?

May 18th, 2007, 08:11 AM	#14
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	A temple in Rangamati

May 18th, 2007, 07:50 PM	#15
tanzirian Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,313 Likes (Received): 14	Tmac, where is the mosque in first pic of post 12?

May 18th, 2007, 08:14 PM	#16
Tmac Dhaka-Ottawa-DC Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 6,990 Likes (Received): 2	it's somewhere in Dhaka. I am not sure of the exact location.

May 29th, 2007, 08:05 PM	#17
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May 30th, 2007, 07:52 AM	#18
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