Dharampur mosque, Naogaon, Bangladesh. This nine-domed square mosque is situated in the village of Dharampur, Upazila Niamatpur, district Naogaon. It can be reached via Manda bus stop of Rajshahi-Dhaka highway. One has to get down at Gabtoli bus stop of Manda-Niamatpur road to reach this place. From this bus stop it is eight km to the north by a metalled road by engine run rural cart or rickshaw van and then one km to the west by a village road (kutcha). Another building nearby has been mentioned as a kutchery of the Mughal period for collecting taxes. It measures 43’ north south X 40’ east west externally and 37’ north south X 34’ east west internally. It has three doorways on the west and one doorway each on the north and south. Four brick pillars in the interior carried nine domes atop. But at present it has no dome. It has four corner towers at the four corners with cupolas atop. It has three mihrabs in the interior but the side mihrabs are not so prominent. The mosque gives a two storeyed view from outside. It had four inscriptions fixed on it. Mosharaf Husain of the department of Archaeology took three of them to Paharpur Archaeological Museum (accession nos. 791-93). But they have been transferred to Khulna Divisional Museum. The remaining one gives the date of construction as 1699-1700 AD. But it is not clear where this inscription lies at present.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 16:04:37 +0000
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