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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Islamic Heritage

Star Mosque:

Islamic Heritage
It is conjointly referred to as Tara Mosjid,The sitara mosque etc because of its distinctive supported the theme of star. This stunning house of worship is set at Mahuttuly, Dhaka . Architecturally perfect (Mughal style) may be a five-dome house of worship with many massive and little twinkling stars as surface decorations. the celebrities are created by setting items of dishware on white cement. Seen from the front and from way Star Mosque as if shining higher than the surface of the world.
The inside of Star Mosque even additional stunning that the surface, pretty mosaic floor and wonderful tiles with several floral patterns attack the walls, ar bushed complete harmony. The sitara mosque was designed originally with 3 domes in early eighteenth century by Mirza Ghulam Pir, a extremely respectable Zamindar of Dacca. Off times utilized in calendars. Entrance: through a lane named when the house of worship.




Shait-Gumbad house of worship, Bagerhat:                                                                                

Islamic HeritageIn mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was based within the inhospitable flowering tree forest of the Sundarbans close to the ocean coast within the Bagerhat district by associate degree obscure saint-General, named Ulugh Khan Jahan. Khan Jahan aborned his town with various mosques, tanks, roads and alternative public buildings, the spectacular ruins of that ar targeted round the most imposing and largest multidomed mosques in Bangla Desh, called the Shait-Gumbad mosque (160'X108').
The stately cloth of the monument, serene and imposing, stands on the jap bank of a curiously huge sweet-water tank, clustered around by the serious foliage of a low-laying country, characteristic of a sea-coast landscape.
The house of worship roofed over with seventy seven squat domes, as well as seven chauchala or many-sided pitched Bengali domes within the middle row. the final look of this noble monument with its stark simplicity however huge character reflects the strength and ease of the builder.

Baitul Mukarram Mosque:

It is the principal house of worship within the Dhaka town, Three storied and designed when the pattern of the Kaba (Mecca).  Long lawn, garden and rows of fountains to the south and east.
The house of worship is on a awfully high platform. pretty flight of stairs result in it; from the south, east and north. On the east may be a huge varanda that is additionally used for prayer and Eid congregation.

Chhota Sona Mosque:

One of the foremost swish monuments of the country amount is that the Chhota Sona mosque or little Golden house of worship at Asian wild ox in Rajshahi designed by one Wali Muhammad throughout the reign of ruler Alauddin Husain crowned head (1493-1519).
Originally Mosque had been roofed over with fifteen gold-gilded domes as well as the three Chauchala domes within the middle row, from that it derives its curious name.

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