Ronobijoypur Masjid Bagerhat

About 5 km west of Bagerhat district is Ronobijoypur Masjid with a dome in Ranobijoypur village. This mosque is the largest one dome mosque in Bangladesh and is also known as Dariya Khan Mosque to locals. Just one and a half kilometers away from the sixty-domed mosque is the location of the Ranbijaipur mosque on the east side. It is believed that during the reign of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali in 1459 Dariya Khan, a companion of Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali, built Ranbijaipur Mosque.

Ranbijaipur Mosque with thick brick walls has an area of ​​56 square feet on the outside and 36 square feet on the inside and the wall of the mosque is about 10 feet wide. There are 3 mihrabs on the western side of the mosque and 3 doors each on the walls on the other three sides. Among the 3 arches with floral designs, the main arch in the middle is relatively large. The curved cornice of the mosque has 4 round minarets built in Khan Jahani architecture at the four corners. The only dome of Ranbijaipur Mosque is also quite interesting to see. Besides, the terracotta decoration of the mosque walls is particularly noteworthy. In 1961, the Directorate of Archeology of Bangladesh declared the Ranbijoypur Mosque as a protected antiquities.

You can go to Bagerhat district by bus and train from Dhaka. You can go from Dhaka to Bagerhat by buses like Dola Paribahan, Welcome Express, Falguni Paribahan, Sakura Paribahan, Hanif Enterprise, Sohag Paribahan and Eagle Paribahan from Gulisthan or Sayedabad in the capital via Padma bridge. These buses cost 650 to 800 taka per person. Besides, you can go to Bagerhat via Khulna by inter-city Chitra Express or Sundarban Express train from Kamalapur railway station. Arriving in Bagerhat district, you can hire an auto-rickshaw to visit the Ranbijaipur Mosque. Again, the mosque can be reached by a ten-minute walk along the Rannvijoy road opposite the main gate of Khan Jahan Ali's shrine via the Khulna highway in Bagerhat.

Apart from Bagerhat Circuit House, Dak Bungalow, Sixty Dome Archeology Guest House and Sundarban Resort, among the various residential hotels, Mumtaz Hotel, Hotel Mohana, Hotel Al Amin, Residential Hotel, Hotel Abhi, Hotel Fuad Residential, Zarif Residential, Hotel Dhansindi etc. are notable.

Bagerhat town has several good hotels and restaurants like Radhuni Hotel and Dhansindi Hotel. Coconut shrimp is one of the popular dishes of Bagerhat.

Sixty-domed mosque, Khan Jahan Ali's shrine and Mongla Port are prominent places of interest in Bagerhat district.

Feature Image: Aminul Joy