Bagha Mosque
The small town of Bagha (45 km from Rajshahi) is renowned for this mosque on the western bank of a large tank that was built in the mid-16th century by Sultan Nusrat Shah. It is built in a style (sometimes called Husain Shahi) that is derived from Tughlak architecture and is characterized by curved cornice, octagonal corner turrets and profuse terracotta ornamentation. The mosque and its paved grounds are enclosed by a low brick wall. This compound is entered through two arched gateways, of which the main entrance on the south is a rectangular curved structure with a turret on either side. The mosque itself has five arched entrances leading to a rectangular prayer chamber divided into two aisles by a row of four granite pillars. These bays are roofed by ten hemispherical domes (restored after they collapsed in an earthquake in 1897). The gently sloping cornice and its slightly projecting eave wraps around the massive corner turrets with domed copulas that rise slightly above.
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