Ghagra Khan Bari Mosque
ঘাঘড়া খান বাড়ি জামে মসজিদ
A single-domed Mughal mosque of 1618–19 in a village near Jhenaigati, with ten little minarets and flowered plasterwork.
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In the Khan Bari of Ghagra Laskar village in Jhenaigati upazila stands a small mosque that an inscription over the door dates to 1028 AH, that is 1618–19. It has a single dome about 9 metres across, ten small minarets around the roof, and flowery patterns on the mihrab and inner walls, with lime-and-brick-dust walls about 1.2 metres thick. The Department of Archaeology has protected it since 1999. Next to it are the family eidgah and graveyard, and it makes a quiet stop on the way to Gajni.
How to get there
It is off the Sherpur–Jhenaigati road at Hatibandha union; take a CNG from Sherpur town toward Jhenaigati and ask for Ghagra Khan Bari.
Good to know
It is a working mosque, so dress modestly and ask before going inside.
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